Re: Add a new BGWORKER_BYPASS_ROLELOGINCHECK flag

Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 12:20:18PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> There will be a window where the worker has logged "database
>> "noconndb" is not currently accepting connections" but hasn't yet
>> exited, so that conceivably this query could see a positive count.

> I don't think that's possible here. The check on datallowconn is done
> before a backend calls pgstat_bestart() which would make its backend
> entry reported to pg_stat_activity. So there is no window where a
> backend would be in pg_stat_activity if this check fails.

Ah, right. I complained after seeing that we set MyProc->databaseId
before doing CheckMyDatabase, but you're right that it doesn't
matter for pg_stat_activity until pgstat_bestart.

> Saying that, I'm OK with just dropping this query, as it could also be
> possible that one decides that calling pgstat_bestart() before the
> datallowconn check is a good idea for a reason or another.

Not sure if that's a likely change or not. However, if we're in
agreement that this test step isn't buying much, let's just drop
it and save the test cycles.

regards, tom lane