Re: auxiliary processes in pg_stat_ssl

On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 9:09 PM Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br> wrote:
> >
> > But this seems pointless. Should we not hide those? Seems this only
> > happened as an unintended side-effect of fc70a4b0df38. It appears to me
> > that we should redefine that view to restrict backend_type that's
> > 'client backend' (maybe include 'wal receiver'/'wal sender' also, not
> > sure.)
> >
> Yep, it is pointless. BackendType that open connections to server are:
> autovacuum worker, client backend, background worker, wal sender. I
> also notice that pg_stat_gssapi is in the same boat as pg_stat_ssl and
> we should constraint the rows to backend types that open connections.
> I'm attaching a patch to list only connections in those system views.
>
Yeah, We should hide those. As Robert mentioned, I think checking
whether 'client_port IS NOT NULL' is a better approach than checking
the backend_type. The patch looks good to me.

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