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Re: Changing the setting of wal_sender_timeout per standby

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

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From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa.takay@jp.fujitsu.com>, 'Masahiko Sawada' <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi.kyotaro@lab.ntt.co.jp>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-09-23T04:09:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Hi,

On 2018-09-22 15:27:24 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:26:19AM +0000, Tsunakawa, Takayuki wrote:
> > Agreed.
> 
> Okay, I have pushed the patch with all your suggestions included.

Have there been discussions about the security effects of this change?
Previously the server admin could control the timeout, which could
affect things like syncrep, after this it's not possible anymore.  I
*think* that's ok, but it should be discussed.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

Commits

  1. Make GUC wal_sender_timeout user-settable