Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi
Subject: Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol
Date: 2012-09-04 04:20:59
Message-ID: 4539.1346732459@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> I can see why that would be nice, but is it really realistic? Don't we
> expect some more diligence in applications using this against letting
> such a child continue to run after ctrl-c/SIGTERMing e.g. pg_dump in
> comparison to closing a normal database connection?

Er, what? If you kill the client, the child postgres will see
connection closure and will shut down. I already tested that with the
POC patch, it worked fine.

regards, tom lane

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