Re: Process wakeups when idle and power consumption

On 10 May 2011 09:45, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:

> I think we need to refactor the function into something like:
>
> #define WL_LATCH_SET    1
> #define WL_SOCKET_READABLE 2
> #define WL_SOCKET_WRITEABLE 4
> #define WL_TIMEOUT      8
> #define WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH 16

While I agree with the need to not box ourselves into a corner on the
latch interface by making sweeping assumptions, isn't the fact that a
socket became readable or writable strictly an implementation detail?

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