Russell, can you provide a test case, or at least explain the
circumstances, please.  Please maintain the Cc list.

-----Forwarded Message-----

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: Bug#149056: postgresql: should not try in a busy loop when allocating resources]
Date: 08 Jun 2002 22:03:33 -0400

Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> forwards:
> When trying to create a semaphore Postgresql 7.2.1-3 will try 400,000 times=
>  per
> second if it has problems.

AFAICS it will try *once* and abort if it fails.  Can you provide a
reproducible test case for the above behavior?

			regards, tom lane

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09 Jun 2002 03:53:24 +0100
Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Bug#149056: postgresql: should not try in
	a busy loop when allocating resources]]