Explain postmaster's treatment of SIGURG.

macdice · macdice · commit 8e861eaae86e · 2021-04-19T10:35:51.000+12:00
Add a few words of comment to explain why SIGURG doesn't follow the dummy_handler pattern used for SIGUSR2, since that might otherwise appear to be a bug. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/4006115.1618577212%40sss.pgh.pa.us
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -660,6 +660,11 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	pqsignal_pm(SIGCHLD, reaper);	/* handle child termination */
 
 #ifdef SIGURG
+	/*
+	 * Ignore SIGURG for now.  Child processes may change this (see
+	 * InitializeLatchSupport), but they will not receive any such signals
+	 * until they wait on a latch.
+	 */
 	pqsignal_pm(SIGURG, SIG_IGN);	/* ignored */
 #endif
 
