Re: Libpq support to connect to standby server as priority

Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>

From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
To: Greg Nancarrow <gregn4422@gmail.com>
Cc: "Smith, Peter" <peters@fast.au.fujitsu.com>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi.haribabu@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>, Jing Wang <jingwangian@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Elvis Pranskevichus <elprans@gmail.com>
Date: 2020-08-21T05:24:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi Greg,

> Thanks for the further review, an updated patch is attached. Please
> see my responses to your comments below:
>

Thanks for addressing all of my previous review comments in your new v19 patch.

Everything looks good to me now, so I am marking this as "ready for committer".

Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia



Commits

  1. Make test_target_session_attrs more robust against connection failure.

  2. Extend the abilities of libpq's target_session_attrs parameter.

  3. Mark default_transaction_read_only as GUC_REPORT.

  4. Introduce a new GUC_REPORT setting "in_hot_standby".

  5. Avoid spamming the client with multiple ParameterStatus messages.

  6. Avoid harmless Valgrind no-buffer-pin errors.

  7. Restructure libpq code to remove some duplicity

  8. libpq: Add target_session_attrs parameter.