Re: fork/exec patch: pre-CreateProcess finalization

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

    http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Claudio Natoli wrote:
>
> [patch edited + resubmitted for review; not for committing]
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> figuring that, on balance, you are in fact going to prefer to take a
> potential future hit in duplicated work (in passing context in the fork/exec
> case) over moving the client auth code to PostgresMain, I've just gone ahead
> and made a patch that implements your BackendFork ideas...
>
> Please let me know:
>
> * if the changes to the BackendFork / SubPostmasterMain logic are more or
> less what you envisaged, and if you are content with them [Note: we can also
> roll BackendInit back into BackendFork, making BackendFork (now BackendRun?)
> pretty much exactly as it was before the fork/exec changes began]
>
> * if you are content with the above, whether or not you think I ought to do
> the same for the SSDataBase logic. I'm hoping for a negative, as the #ifdef
> logic is not as convoluted as that originally presented in BackendFork (ie.
> to me, it looks like overkill in this case), but anticipating otherwise :-)
>
> Also:
> * are you ok with the pgstat changes (I'm guessing yes, as you haven't
> mentioned them, and since these changes are pretty similar to what you
> suggested for BackendFork)
>
> Cheers,
> Claudio
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