Re: smart shutdown at end of transaction (was: Default mode for shutdown)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: smart shutdown at end of transaction (was: Default mode for shutdown)
Date: 2012-04-27 18:56:10
Message-ID: 25145.1335552970@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 20:48, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I'm not necessarily opposed to commandeering the name "smart" for the
>> new behavior, so that what we have to find a name for is the old "smart"
>> behavior. How about
>>
>> slow - allow existing sessions to finish (old "smart")

> How about "wait" instead of "slow"?

I kinda liked "slow" vs "fast", but if you think that's too cute ...
("wait" doesn't seem very good, though, since all these except immediate
are waiting, just for different things.)

>> smart - allow existing transactions to finish (new)

> and still default, right?

Right.

>> fast - kill active queries
>> immediate - unclean shutdown

regards, tom lane

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