Re: cleanup temporary files after crash

Hi Euler,

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:16:26AM -0300, Euler Taveira wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Bug #16427 mentioned that temporary files are not removed after a crash. I
>heard similar complaints from some customers. In the bug report [1], I
>proposed a new GUC to control whether temporary files are removed after a
>crash recovery. The current behavior is only useful for debugging purposes.
>It also has an undesirable behavior: you have to restart the service to
>reclaim the space. Interrupting the service continuity isn't always an
>option and due to limited resources, you have no choice but to restart the
>service.
>
>The new GUC cleanup_temp_files_after_crash is marked as SIGHUP. Hence, you
>can enable it to debug without service interruption. The default value is
>on which means it changes the current behavior. Documentation and tests are
>included.
>

I did a quick review and the patch seems fine to me. Let's wait for a
bit and see if there are any objections - if not, I'll get it committed
in the next CF.

One thing I'm not sure about is whether we should have the GUC as
proposed, or have a negative "keep_temp_files_after_restart" defaulting
to false. But I don't have a very good justification for the alternative
other than vague personal preference.

regards

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