Re: 12.1 not useable: clientlib fails after a dozen queries (GSSAPI ?)

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter <pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Date: 2020-01-12T19:46:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general
Peter <pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> writes:
> With the first patch applied (as from Friday - applied only on the
> client side), the application did appear to work well.
> But then, when engaging bandwidth-limiting to some modem-speed, it did
> not work: psql would receive all (or most of) the data from a SELECT,
> but then somehow not recognize the end of it and sit there and wait for
> whatever:

Yeah, that's just the behavior I'd expect (and was able to reproduce
here) because of the additional design problem.

> Now with the new patches 0001+0003 applied, on both server & client,
> all now running 12.1 release, on a first run I did not perceive
> a malfunction, bandwidth limited or not.
> I'll leave them applied, but this here will not experience serious
> loads; You'll need somebody else to test for that...

Cool, let us know if you do see any problems.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Extensive code review for GSSAPI encryption mechanism.