Change the signaling of end-of-recovery. Startup process now indicates end

of recovery by exiting with exit code 0, like in previous releases. Per
Tom's suggestion.

src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.331 2009/02/18 15:58:40 heikki Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.332 2009/02/23 09:28:49 heikki Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static bool InRedo = false;
 static volatile sig_atomic_t shutdown_requested = false;
 /*
  * Flag set when executing a restore command, to tell SIGTERM signal handler
- * that it's safe to just proc_exit(0).
+ * that it's safe to just proc_exit.
  */
 static volatile sig_atomic_t in_restore_command = false;
 
@@ -2752,7 +2752,7 @@ RestoreArchivedFile(char *path, const char *xlogfname,
 	 */
 	in_restore_command = true;
 	if (shutdown_requested)
-		proc_exit(0);
+		proc_exit(1);
 
 	/*
 	 * Copy xlog from archival storage to XLOGDIR
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ RestoreArchivedFile(char *path, const char *xlogfname,
 	 * On SIGTERM, assume we have received a fast shutdown request, and exit
 	 * cleanly. It's pure chance whether we receive the SIGTERM first, or the
 	 * child process. If we receive it first, the signal handler will call
-	 * proc_exit(0), otherwise we do it here. If we or the child process
+	 * proc_exit, otherwise we do it here. If we or the child process
 	 * received SIGTERM for any other reason than a fast shutdown request,
 	 * postmaster will perform an immediate shutdown when it sees us exiting
 	 * unexpectedly.
@@ -2829,7 +2829,7 @@ RestoreArchivedFile(char *path, const char *xlogfname,
 	 * too.
 	 */
 	if (WTERMSIG(rc) == SIGTERM)
-		proc_exit(0);
+		proc_exit(1);
 
 	signaled = WIFSIGNALED(rc) || WEXITSTATUS(rc) > 125;
 
@@ -5367,7 +5367,7 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
 				 * recovery.
 				 */
 				if (shutdown_requested)
-					proc_exit(0);
+					proc_exit(1);
 
 				/*
 				 * Have we reached our safe starting point? If so, we can
@@ -7646,7 +7646,7 @@ static void
 StartupProcShutdownHandler(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 {
 	if (in_restore_command)
-		proc_exit(0);
+		proc_exit(1);
 	else
 		shutdown_requested = true;
 }
@@ -7694,9 +7694,9 @@ StartupProcessMain(void)
 
 	BuildFlatFiles(false);
 
-	/* Let postmaster know that startup is finished */
-	SendPostmasterSignal(PMSIGNAL_RECOVERY_COMPLETED);
-
-	/* exit normally */
+	/*
+	 * Exit normally. Exit code 0 tells postmaster that we completed
+	 * recovery successfully.
+	 */
 	proc_exit(0);
 }

src/include/storage/pmsignal.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/pmsignal.h,v 1.22 2009/02/18 15:58:41 heikki Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/pmsignal.h,v 1.23 2009/02/23 09:28:50 heikki Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ typedef enum
 {
 	PMSIGNAL_RECOVERY_STARTED,	/* recovery has started */
 	PMSIGNAL_RECOVERY_CONSISTENT, /* recovery has reached consistent state */
-	PMSIGNAL_RECOVERY_COMPLETED, /* recovery has completed */
 	PMSIGNAL_PASSWORD_CHANGE,	/* pg_auth file has changed */
 	PMSIGNAL_WAKEN_ARCHIVER,	/* send a NOTIFY signal to xlog archiver */
 	PMSIGNAL_ROTATE_LOGFILE,	/* send SIGUSR1 to syslogger to rotate logfile */

src/include/storage/proc.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/proc.h,v 1.111 2009/02/19 08:02:32 heikki Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/proc.h,v 1.112 2009/02/23 09:28:50 heikki Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -138,12 +138,13 @@ typedef struct PROC_HDR
 /*
  * We set aside some extra PGPROC structures for auxiliary processes,
  * ie things that aren't full-fledged backends but need shmem access.
- * 
+ *
  * Background writer, WAL writer, and autovacuum launcher run during
- * normal operation. When recovery has just finished, the startup
- * process can co-exist with them for a brief period before it exits.
+ * normal operation. Startup process also consumes one slot, but WAL
+ * writer and autovacuum launcher are launched only after it has
+ * exited.
  */
-#define NUM_AUXILIARY_PROCS		4
+#define NUM_AUXILIARY_PROCS		3
 
 
 /* configurable options */