Re: smart shutdown at end of transaction (was: Default mode for shutdown)

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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

Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2012-04-27T19:00:07Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I'm not necessarily opposed to commandeering the name "smart" for the
> new behavior, so that what we have to find a name for is the old "smart"
> behavior.  How about
>
>        slow    - allow existing sessions to finish (old "smart")
>        smart   - allow existing transactions to finish (new)
>        fast    - kill active queries
>        immediate - unclean shutdown

I could live with that.  Really, I'd like to have fast just be the
default.  But the above compromise would still be a big improvement
over what we have now, assuming the new smart becomes the default.

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Robert Haas
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