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Re: A new function to wait for the backend exit after termination

Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>

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From: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
Cc: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>, "Hou, Zhijie" <houzj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, Muhammad Usama <m.usama@gmail.com>
Date: 2021-06-12T15:21:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 12:12:12AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Even if it's not removed, the descriptions should be cleaned up.
> 
> | src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat-  descr => 'terminate a backend process and if timeout is specified, wait for its exit or until timeout occurs',
> => I think doesn't need to change or mention the optional timeout at all

Agreed, these strings generally give less detail.  I can revert that to the
v13 wording, 'terminate a server process'.

Commits

  1. Copy-edit text for the pg_terminate_backend() "timeout" parameter.

  2. Remove pg_wait_for_backend_termination().

  3. Add functions to wait for backend termination

  4. Fix typo in comment.