Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol
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Msg-id 4539.1346732459@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> I can see why that would be nice, but is it really realistic? Don't we
> expect some more diligence in applications using this against letting
> such a child continue to run after ctrl-c/SIGTERMing e.g. pg_dump in
> comparison to closing a normal database connection?

Er, what?  If you kill the client, the child postgres will see
connection closure and will shut down.  I already tested that with the
POC patch, it worked fine.
        regards, tom lane



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