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Re: SIGTERM does not stop backend postgres processes immediately


On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:31:02PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Remember this?
> >Unfortunately, blocking recv() calls are not interruptible on Windows.
> >I'm not aware of any mechanism for allowing this.

Some research led me to believe that closesocket() could unblock a
Win32 recv() call.

> What do you think a signal handler does?  It would need to interrupt
> a blocking recv() to work, wouldn't it?

Are you saying that a blocking recv() _must_ never be interrupted,
even if a mechanism exists that would make that possible?   If so,
what is the basis for that decision?  The recv() specified by the Open
Group [1] seems to allow for an EINTR error case.


[1] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xns/recv.html

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