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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c index 87f7a292452..239c3bc8d30 100644 --- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c +++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c,v 1.52 2002/09/04 20:31:25 momjian Exp $ + * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinval.c,v 1.53 2002/11/21 06:36:08 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -542,12 +542,11 @@ BackendIdGetProc(BackendId procId) /* * CountEmptyBackendSlots - count empty slots in backend process table * - * Doesn't count since the procState array could be large and we've already - * allowed for that by running a freeBackends counter in the SI segment. - * Unlike CountActiveBackends() we do not need to interrogate the - * backends to determine the free slot count. - * Goes for a lock despite being a trival look up in case other backends - * are busy starting or exiting since there is scope for confusion. + * We don't actually need to count, since sinvaladt.c maintains a + * freeBackends counter in the SI segment. + * + * Acquiring the lock here is almost certainly overkill, but just in + * case fetching an int is not atomic on your machine ... */ int CountEmptyBackendSlots(void) |