Re: Function to kill backend

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Function to kill backend
Date: 2004-04-06 20:02:39
Message-ID: 200404062002.i36K2d005698@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Not having a way to kill backends is like having no way to kill a
> > process except rebooting the server.
>
> Some people think that making a database hard to kill is a good thing.

I can't argue with that. :-)

I am researching the SIGTERM processing right now and will post in a few
minutes.

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