From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Denis A Ustimenko <denis(at)oldham(dot)ru> |
Cc: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: connect_timeout parameter in libpq |
Date: | 2002-08-15 03:55:24 |
Message-ID: | 200208150355.g7F3tOf22678@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Uh, I wait a day or two to see if anyone comments, then I add it to the
patch queue. I will do that now.
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Denis A Ustimenko wrote:
> Hi, there!
>
> I have posted patch two days ago. It has accurate timeout
> calculation, use gettimeofday(), includes documentation and so on
> accordind Tom's demand. Unfortunately I have recieved no comments.
> Why?
>
> Regards
> Denis
>
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Denis A Ustimenko <denis(at)oldham(dot)ru> writes:
> > > I need to change current connectDBComplete() behavior ( hang if
> > > backend are not responding). Here is the patch. Please apply.
> >
> > Shouldn't such a patch include documentation updates? (And not
> > only user-level documentation; this patch adds not even a single
> > comment to explain what it's doing or why.)
> >
> > I'm also not thrilled with the way that the patch imposes the
> > overhead of calculating the timeout whether the user wants it or not.
> > The time() kernel calls should be skipped unless needed.
> >
> > A final comment is that the patch's timeout accuracy is quite poor, since
> > time()'s result is quantized to seconds. gettimeofday() might be a
> > better choice. Also it seems to assume that select() does not modify its
> > timeout argument, which is not a portable assumption. On some platforms
> > the timeout struct is decremented by the elapsed time.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
>
>
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