Re: -d option for pg_isready is broken - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: -d option for pg_isready is broken
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Msg-id CAHGQGwF2tsvU4acKXOeBV_Ht+97BeSSOKcrzDQd3+VQfN9py3Q@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: -d option for pg_isready is broken  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: -d option for pg_isready is broken  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Fabrízio de Royes Mello
> <fabriziomello@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>>> handyrep@john:~/handyrep$ pg_isready --version
>>> pg_isready (PostgreSQL) 9.3.1
>>>
>>> handyrep@john:~/handyrep$ pg_isready -h john -p 5432 -U postgres -d
>>> postgres -q
>>> pg_isready: missing "=" after "postgres" in connection info string
>>>
>>> handyrep@john:~/handyrep$ pg_isready --host=john --port=5432
>>> --user=postgres --dbname=postgres
>>> pg_isready: missing "=" after "postgres" in connection info string
>>>
>>> handyrep@john:~/handyrep$ pg_isready -h john -p 5432 -U postgres
>>> john:5432 - accepting connections
>>>
>>> so apparently the -d option:
>>>
>>> a) doesn't work, and
>>> b) doesn't do anything
>>>
>>> I suggest simply removing it from the utility.
>>>
>>> I'll note that the -U option doesn't appear to do anything relevant
>>> either, but at least it doesn't error unnecessarily:
>>>
>>> handyrep@john:~/handyrep$ pg_isready -h john -p 5432 -U no_such_user
>>> john:5432 - accepting connections
>>>
>>
>> The attached patch fix it.
>
> Well, there still seem to be some problems.
>
> [rhaas pgsql]$ src/bin/scripts/pg_isready -d host=sgdasasg
> /tmp:5432 - no attempt
>
> I added some debugging instrumentation and it looks like there's a
> problem with this code:
>
>         if (strcmp(def->keyword, "hostaddr") == 0 ||
>             strcmp(def->keyword, "host") == 0)
>
> The problem is that we end up executing the code contained in that
> block twice, once for host and once for hostaddr.  Thus:
>
> [rhaas pgsql]$ src/bin/scripts/pg_isready -d host=sgdasasg
> def->keyword=host pghost_str=sgdasasg
> def->keyword=hostaddr pghost_str=/tmp
> def->keyword=port pgport_str=5432
> /tmp:5432 - no attempt
>
> Oops.
>
> Nevertheless, that's kind of a separate problem, so we could address
> in a separate commit.  But even ignoring that, this still isn't right:
> according to the fine documentation, -d will be expanded not only if
> it contains an =, but also if it starts with a valid URI prefix.  This
> would break that documented behavior.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/app-pg-isready.html

Attached is the updated version of the patch. Is there any other bug?

Regards,

--
Fujii Masao

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