Re: max_wal_senders must die

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: max_wal_senders must die
Date: 2010-10-21 20:23:46
Message-ID: AANLkTiki-9KcFHAMjBfE5C+OcfNVhxtivW=K_920_j5y@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> On 10/20/10 6:54 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> I find it impossible to believe that's
>> a good decision, and IMHO we should be focusing on how to make the
>> parameters PGC_SIGHUP rather than PGC_POSTMASTER, which would give us
>> most of the same benefits without throwing away hard-won performance.
>
> I'd be happy to accept that.  Is it possible, though?

I sketched an outline of the problem AIUI here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-10/msg01348.php

I think it's possible; I'm not quite sure how hard it is.
Unfortunately, I've not had as much PG-hacking time lately as I'd
like...

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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