Re: best method of reloading pg_hba.conf

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, David Ford <david(at)blue-labs(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: best method of reloading pg_hba.conf
Date: 2001-11-09 23:55:54
Message-ID: 29101.1005350154@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> writes:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> In 7.2, yes, pg_ctl restart or SIGHUP. On 7.1.X pg_hba.conf is reread
>> on every connection request.

> Why was it changed ?

To cut a few more percent off connection startup time. (According to
Bruce's measurements, reading pg_hba.conf was a measurable fraction
of startup.)

regards, tom lane

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