Re: [HACKERS] Streaming replication document improvements

Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> 3. Your proposal
>>> Treat superuser replication connection like non-superuser one
>
>> Well, only for this one very specific purpose. I would adjust
>> the docs like this:
>
>> Determines the number of connection "slots" that are reserved for
>> connections by PostgreSQL superusers. At most max_connections
>> connections can ever be active simultaneously. Whenever the
>> number of active concurrent connections is at least
>> max_connections minus superuser_reserved_connections, new
>> connections will be accepted only for superusers, and no new
>> replication connections will be accepted.
>
>> I think that's pretty simple and clear.
>
> +1. I'm not sure about the consequences of converting walsender
> to non-superuser across the board, and would prefer not to
> experiment with it at this stage of the release cycle.

+1

-Kevin