On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:46 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:04 PM, james <james@mansionfamily.plus.com> wrote:
>> The point remains that you need to duplicate it into every process that
>> might
>> want to use it subsequently, so it makes sense to DuplicateHandle into the
>> parent, and then to advertise that handle value publicly so that other
>> child
>> processes can DuplicateHandle it back into their own process.
>
> Well, right now we just reopen the same object from all of the
> processes, which seems to work fine and doesn't require any of this
> complexity. The only problem I don't know how to solve is how to make
> a segment stick around for the whole postmaster lifetime. If
> duplicating the handle into the postmaster without its knowledge gets
> us there, it may be worth considering, but that doesn't seem like a
> good reason to rework the rest of the existing mechanism.
I think one has to try this to see if it works as per the need. If it's not
urgent, I can try this early next week?
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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