Re: pgkill on win32

Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 09:47:02AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > Uh, sorry, got that explained backwards.
> > The problem is when winsock operations are interrupted by APCs. 
> > 
> > See:
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers-win32/2004-04/msg00013.php
> 
> WRT this bit: 
> > (1) carries a big problem - if we do this, we can *not* support SSL
> > on win32, because it uses recv() and send() internally (inside the
> > openssl library). Therefor, I don't think (1) is really an option -
> > at least not in the long run.
> 
> openssl does not have to use recv/send, that's what the BIO
> infrastructure is for. The current backend code already constructs
> BIOs for reading to support interrupting (see my_sock_read), so you
> could replace the read with any functions you wanted.

Yes, it's on my TODO list to do just that. Unless this means you are
volunteering to do it? ;)

//Magnus