Re: tcp_keepalives_idle

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: tcp_keepalives_idle
Date: 2014-03-08 03:05:54
Message-ID: 20140308030554.GF16324@momjian.us
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On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:03:42PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:32:23AM +0100, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> > On 11/14/13 7:08 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> > >>It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets".
> > >>We could perhaps just drop the word "otherwise", if people find
> > >>it confusing.
> > >
> > >Wah. I seemed to completely misunderstand what the pharase
> > >says. Thanks for clarification. I agree to drop "otherwise".
> >
> > I had some problem interpreting these explanations as well:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/527A21F1.2000408@joh.to
> >
> > Compare that to the description in the libpq documentation:
> > "Controls the number of seconds of inactivity after which TCP should
> > send a keepalive message to the server.".
>
> Good point. I have improved the server-side keepalive parameter
> descriptions to use the superior libpq text, with adjustment.
>
> Applied patch attached.

Oops, now attached.

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