On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Atri Sharma <atri.j...@gmail.com> writes: >> I was musing over a possible condition where a rogue client gets the >> backend to process queries which take a *lot* of time(note, this is >> only in my head atm.I may be completely wrong here). > >> Wouldnt something on the lines of a timeout help here? > > You can already set statement_timeout for that. I don't think worrying > about it at the level of buffer content locks would be terribly helpful, > since those locks are generally held only for long enough to read or > write the page or to verify the visibility of rows on it. Even if the > client is rogue, it can't affect those timings too much.
Right. I seem to be understanding this now. BTW, what is your opinion on a rogue client's damaging capabilities? Theoretically, what can a client which tries to stall the backend target? Regards, Atri -- Regards, Atri l'apprenant -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
