Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove pgbench "progress" test pending solution of its timing is (fwd)

On 18/07/18 16:01, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>> I don't think you want to wait in that situation. I think we should wait at
>> the end only if there some threads still alive, with nothing to do only
>> because of --rate.
>
> Yep. The attached version does only the tailing stuff under -R and not all
> threads were stopped on errors, with comments to tell about the why.

Hmm. How about we just remove this special case from doCustom():

> case CSTATE_START_THROTTLE:
> ...
>
> /*
> * stop client if next transaction is beyond pgbench end of
> * execution
> */
> if (duration > 0 && st->txn_scheduled > end_time)
> {
> st->state = CSTATE_FINISHED;
> break;
> }

That way, we let the client go into CSTATE_THROTTLE state, even though
we know that the timer will run out before we reach txn_scheduled. Then
it will work the way we want, right? One small difference is that then
the clients will keep the connections open longer, until the timer
expires, but I think that's reasonable. Less surprising than the current
behavior, even.

- Heikki