Re: Replication server timeout patch

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>

From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-03-31T02:46:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
>> <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>> On 30.03.2011 10:58, Fujii Masao wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
>>>> <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>  wrote:
>>>> +        A value of zero means wait forever.  This parameter can only be
>>>> set in
>>>>
>>>> The first sentence sounds misleading. Even if you set the parameter to
>>>> zero,
>>>> replication connections can be terminated because of keepalive or socket
>>>> error.
>>>
>>> Hmm, should I change it back to "A value of zero disables the timeout" ? Any
>>> better suggestions?
>>
>> I like that. But I appreciate if anyone suggests the better.
>
> Maybe sticking the word "mechanism" in there would be a bit better.
> "A value of zero disables the timeout mechanism"?

I'm OK with that. Or, what about "A value of zero turns this off" which is
used in statement_timeout for the sake of consistency?

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao
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