Re: [PATCH] pg_stat_activity: make slow/hanging authentication more visible

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Euler Taveira <euler(dot)taveira(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pg_stat_activity: make slow/hanging authentication more visible
Date: 2024-11-07 17:20:24
Message-ID: CAOYmi+k7Mz5RmaeHKTEcOPSXBLzATD=ofOXS+JpHB8=-cNHR0Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 9:48 PM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> +PAM_ACCT_MGMT "Waiting for the local PAM service to validate the user account."
> +PAM_AUTHENTICATE "Waiting for the local PAM service to authenticate the user."
>
> Is "local" required for both? Perhaps just use "the PAM service".

Done in v5.

> +SSPI_LOOKUP_ACCOUNT_SID "Waiting for Windows to find the user's account SID."
>
> We don't document SID in doc/. So perhaps this should add be "SID
> (system identifier)".

I switched to "user's security identifier", which seems to be
search-engine-friendly.

On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 7:15 PM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> 0002 has been done as ba08edb06545 after adding a bit more
> documentation that was missing. 0001 as well with 70291a3c66ec.

Thanks!

> Note that 0003 is lacking an EXTRA_INSTALL in the Makefile of
> src/test/authentication/, or the test would fail if doing for example
> a `make check` in this path.
>
> The following nit is also required in the script for installcheck, to
> skip the test if the module is not installed:
> if (!$node->check_extension('injection_points'))
> {
> plan skip_all => 'Extension injection_points not installed';
> }

Fixed.

> 007_injection_points.pl is a name too generic as it could apply in a
> lot more places, without being linked to injection points. How about
> something like 007_pre_auth.pl?

Renamed.

Thanks!
--Jacob

Attachment Content-Type Size
since-v4.diff.txt text/plain 3.1 KB
v5-0001-pgstat-report-in-earlier-with-STATE_STARTING.patch application/octet-stream 10.2 KB
v5-0002-Report-external-auth-calls-as-wait-events.patch application/octet-stream 11.5 KB

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