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From: Tom Lane on 20 Apr 2010 10:45
Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(a)cybertec.at> writes:
> is there a danger in using SpinLockAcquire() in
> a signal handler?

Yes. Actually, pretty much anything beyond setting a "volatile" flag
variable is too dangerous.

regards, tom lane

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