Re: pg_terminate_backend - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_terminate_backend
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Msg-id 20432.1154623845@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_terminate_backend  (Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com>)
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Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com> writes:
> I do know a case where a plain kill will seem to be stucked: on vacuum
> of a big table. I guess when it starts an index's cleanup scan it will
> insist to finish it before stopping.

We've fixed a few cases of missing CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS lately, and will
fix more if you can point them out.  Note though that SIGTERM is just as
vulnerable to that as SIGINT.
        regards, tom lane


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