Re: backend type in log_line_prefix?

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh.2007@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-03-10T15:41:23Z
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  1. Add backend type to csvlog and optionally log_line_prefix

  2. Remove am_syslogger global variable

  3. Unify several ways to tracking backend type

  4. Refactor ps_status.c API

  5. Add background worker type

On 2020-03-09 16:20, Kuntal Ghosh wrote:
> In v3-0001-Refactor-ps_status.c-API.patch,
> 
> - *
> - * For a walsender, the ps display is set in the following form:
> - *
> - * postgres: walsender <user> <host> <activity>
> This part is still valid, right?

Sure but I figured this comment was in the context of the explanation of 
how the old API was being abused, so it's no longer necessary.

> + init_ps_display(ps_data.data);
> + pfree(ps_data.data);
> +
> + set_ps_display("initializing");
> As per the existing behaviour, if update_process_title is true, we
> display "authentication" as the initial string. On the other hand,
> this patch, irrespective of the GUC variable, always displays
> "initializing" as the initial string and In PerformAuthentication, it
> sets the display as "authentication" Is this intended? Should we check
> the GUC here as well?

set_ps_display() checks update_process_title itself and does nothing if 
it's off, so this should work okay.

> In v3-0002-Unify-several-ways-to-tracking-backend-type.patch,
> + * If fixed_part is NULL, a default will be obtained from BackendType.
> s/BackendType/MyBackendType?

yup

> In v3-0003-Add-backend-type-to-csvlog-and-optionally-log_lin.patch,
> +             <entry>Backend process type</entry>
> In other places you've written "backend type".

ok changed

> 
> In v3-0004-Remove-am_syslogger-global-variable.patch,
> + * This is exported so that elog.c can call it when BackendType is B_LOGGER.
> s/BackendType/MyBackendType?

ok

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