Re: [PATCH] Disable bgworkers during servers start in pg_upgrade - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: [PATCH] Disable bgworkers during servers start in pg_upgrade
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Msg-id 30D4153D-8F40-4BB8-838B-142D2C4EB4F0@yesql.se
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Disable bgworkers during servers start in pg_upgrade  (Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Disable bgworkers during servers start in pg_upgrade
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> On 26 Aug 2021, at 15:43, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Le jeu. 26 août 2021 à 21:38, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se <mailto:daniel@yesql.se>> a écrit :
> > On 26 Aug 2021, at 15:09, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us <mailto:bruce@momjian.us>> wrote:
>
> > Basically, pg_upgrade has avoided any backend changes that could be
> > controlled by GUCs and I am not sure we want to start adding such
> > changes for just this.
>
> In principle I think it’s sound to try to avoid backend changes where possible
> without sacrificing robustness.
>
> I agree, but it seems quite more likely that an extension relying on a bgworker changes this guc, compared to an
extensionforcing autovacuum to be on for instance.  

Agreed, in this particular case I think there is merit to the idea of enforcing
it in the backend.

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Daniel Gustafsson        https://vmware.com/




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