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Re: [Patch] Create a new session in postmaster by calling setsid()

Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>

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From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Paul Guo <pguo@pivotal.io>, Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2018-12-30T20:41:07Z
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On 30/12/2018 21:59, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 28/12/2018 22:13, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> writes:
>>> Another idea would be to call setsid() in pg_ctl, after forking
>>> postmaster, like in Paul's original patch. That solves 1. and 2. To
>>> still do 3., add a signal handler for SIGINT in pg_ctl, which forwards
>>> the SIGINT to the postmaster process. Thoughts on that?
>>
>> That seems like a nice idea.
> 
> Here's a patch to implement that.

Forgot attachment, here it is.

- Heikki

Commits

  1. Detach postmaster process from pg_ctl's session at server startup.

  2. Remove silent_mode. You get the same functionality with "pg_ctl -l