Tatsuo, have you developed a new version of this for 8.2? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > Tatsuo Ishii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > To accomplish this I need to add following function into > > > storage/ipc/procarray.c. This is similar to BackendPidGetProc() except > > > that it accepts xid as an argument. Any objection? > > > > > if (xid == 0) /* never match dummy PGPROCs */ > > > return NULL; > > > > I think this test should be against InvalidTransactionId, not "0", and > > the comment is wrong (you are suppressing matches against idle PGPROCs). > > > > Also note the comment at the top of the function: once you release > > ProcArrayLock you have no guarantee that the result means anything at > > all; and unlike ProcSendSignal, you have no reason to think that the > > target backend can't quit before you get another cycle. It might be > > better to return the pid directly rather than assuming it'll still be > > meaningful to indirect through a returned pointer. > > Agreed. > > > Also, what are you going to do about prepared transactions? They can > > hold locks but they don't have PIDs. On the whole, I'm not sure this > > is a good idea at all, because of that. > > For prepared transactions, just showing "0" pids are enough, I > think. Assuming that in practice most transactions are not prepared > ones, I think the function is not perfect, but is usefull enough for > most DBAs. > -- > Tatsuo Ishii > -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us SRA OSS, Inc. http://www.sraoss.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
