Re: wal_buffers = -1 and SIGHUP

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: wal_buffers = -1 and SIGHUP
Date: 2011-04-02 22:50:17
Message-ID: 2003.1301784617@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> wrote:
>> This might be nitpicking (or i'm currently missing something), but i
>> recognized that setting wal_buffers = -1 always triggers the following on
>> reload, even if nothing to wal_buffers had changed:
>>
>> $ pg_ctl reload
>> LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files
>> LOG: parameter "wal_buffers" cannot be changed without restarting the
>> server
>>
>> This only happens when you have wal_buffers set to -1.

> This is a bug. The root cause is that, on startup, we do this:

> if (xbuffers != XLOGbuffers)
> {
> snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", xbuffers);
> SetConfigOption("wal_buffers", buf, PGC_POSTMASTER,
> PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
> }

> I had intended to commit Greg's patch with a show hook and an assign
> hook and the calculated value stored separately from the GUC variable,
> which I believe would avoid this is a problem, but Tom thought this
> way was better. Unfortunately, my knowledge of the GUC machinery is
> insufficient to think of a way to avoid it, other than the one Tom
> already rejected.

Mph ... I think this shows the error of my thinking :-(. We at least
need an assign hook here. Will fix, since it was my oversight to begin
with.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2011-04-03 00:37:57 Re: Process local hint bit cache
Previous Message Tom Lane 2011-04-02 22:10:58 Re: psql 9.1 alpha5: connection pointer is NULL