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Re: kill -KILL: What happens?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>, David Fetter <david@fetter.org>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-14T00:32:15Z
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Killing active sessions when it's not absolutely necessary is not an
>> asset.

> That's a highly arguable point and I certainly don't agree with it.

Your examples appear to rely on the assumption that background processes
exit instantly when the postmaster dies.  Which they should not.

			regards, tom lane