Re: A new function to wait for the backend exit after termination

On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 8:44 AM Hou, Zhijie <houzj(dot)fnst(at)cn(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>
wrote:
>
> - however only superusers can terminate superuser backends.
> + however only superusers can terminate superuser backends. When no
> + <parameter>wait</parameter> and <parameter>timeout</parameter>
are
> + provided, only SIGTERM is sent to the backend with the given
process
> + ID and <literal>false</literal> is returned immediately. But the
>
> I test the case when no wait and timeout are provided.
> True is returned as the following which seems different from the doc.
>
> postgres=# select pg_terminate_backend(pid);
> pg_terminate_backend
> ----------------------
> t
> (1 row)
>

Thanks for pointing that out. I reworded that statement. Attaching v5
patch. Please have a look.

With Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.
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