Re: Fast or immediate shutdown - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Fast or immediate shutdown
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Msg-id 1260975872.13654.1.camel@fsopti579.F-Secure.com
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In response to Fast or immediate shutdown  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Fast or immediate shutdown  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On tis, 2009-12-15 at 17:19 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> running with log_checkpoints = on
> 
> pg_ctl -D foo -m fast stop
> 
> log says
> 
> LOG:  received fast shutdown request
> LOG:  aborting any active transactions
> LOG:  shutting down
> LOG:  restartpoint starting: shutdown immediate
> 
> Some of us know that the "immediate" word refers to the restartpoint
> request, though that word causes conceptual conflict with the shutdown
> mode, which was fast, not immediate.
> 
> Think we need to change the wording of this
> 
> LOG:  restartpoint starting: shutdown immediate
> 
> so it is clearer what we mean

We *do* we mean?  And why are we logging it?



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