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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/utils/init/globals.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/utils/init/globals.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c b/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c index 56058fa05cc..3bddad4685a 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c,v 1.80 2004/01/26 22:59:53 momjian Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c,v 1.81 2004/01/28 21:02:40 tgl Exp $ * * NOTES * Globals used all over the place should be declared here and not @@ -53,9 +53,19 @@ BackendId MyBackendId; char *DatabasePath = NULL; Oid MyDatabaseId = InvalidOid; -pid_t PostmasterPid = 0; +pid_t PostmasterPid = 0; -/* these are initialized for the bootstrap/standalone case: */ +/* + * IsPostmasterEnvironment is true in a postmaster process and any postmaster + * child process; it is false in a standalone process (bootstrap or + * standalone backend). IsUnderPostmaster is true in postmaster child + * processes. Note that "child process" includes all children, not only + * regular backends. These should be set correctly as early as possible + * in the execution of a process, so that error handling will do the right + * things if an error should occur during process initialization. + * + * These are initialized for the bootstrap/standalone case. + */ bool IsPostmasterEnvironment = false; bool IsUnderPostmaster = false; |