Re: Server instrumentation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Server instrumentation
Date: 2005-06-10 13:51:38
Message-ID: 21749.1118411498@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> pg_terminate_backend()
> exposing kill -SIGTERM <backendpid> to the client

The objections to this have not changed since last year; in fact they
are stronger because we have at least one report of actual trouble
with retail SIGTERMs.

> pg_file_stat()
> pg_file_length()
> pg_file_read()
> pg_file_write()
> pg_file_unlink()
> pg_file_rename()
> pg_dir_ls()

I really have serious doubts about the value of this.

regards, tom lane

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