Add comment about the use of EXEC_BACKEND.

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Bruce Momjian 2008-09-23 20:35:38 +00:00
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.564 2008/09/23 09:20:36 heikki Exp $
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.565 2008/09/23 20:35:38 momjian Exp $
*
* NOTES
*
@ -3286,6 +3286,10 @@ postmaster_forkexec(int argc, char *argv[])
/*
* backend_forkexec -- fork/exec off a backend process
*
* Some operating systems (WIN32) don't have fork() so we have to simulate
* it by storing parameters that need to be passed to the child and
* then create a new child process.
*
* returns the pid of the fork/exec'd process, or -1 on failure
*/
static pid_t