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Subject: Re: Weird failure with latches in curculio on v15
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:57:59 -0800
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 03:08:14PM +0530, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 10:53 PM Nathan Bossart <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've been thinking about this, actually. I'm wondering if we could provide
>> a list of files to the archiving callback (configurable via a variable in
>> ArchiveModuleState), and then have the callback return a list of files that
>> are archived. (Or maybe we just put the list of files that need archiving
>> in ArchiveModuleState.) The returned list could include files that were
>> sent to the callback previously. The archive module would be responsible
>> for creating background worker(s) (if desired), dispatching files
>> to-be-archived to its background worker(s), and gathering the list of
>> archived files to return.
>
> Hmm. So in this design, the archiver doesn't really do the archiving
> any more, because the interface makes that impossible. It has to use a
> separate background worker process for that, full stop.
>
> I don't think that's a good design. It's fine if some people want to
> implement it that way, but it shouldn't be forced by the interface.
I don't think it would force you to use a background worker, but if you
wanted to, the tools would be available. At least, that is the intent.
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Nathan Bossart
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com
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