On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 8/5/16 12:14 AM, Michael Paquier wrote: >> In do_stop, this patches makes the wait happen for a maximum of >> wait_seconds * 2, once when getting the control file information, and >> once when waiting for the server to shut down. > > That's not how I read it. get_controlfile() will decrease the > wait_seconds argument by how much wait time it has used. The wait for > shutdown will then only use as much seconds as are left.
Ah, right. The reference to wait_seconds gets decremented. >> This is not a good >> idea, and the idea of putting a wait argument in get_controlfile does >> not seem a good interface to me. I'd rather see get_controlfile be >> extended with a flag saying no_error_on_failure and keep the wait >> logic within pg_ctl. > > I guess we could write a wrapper function in pg_ctl that encapsulated > the wait logic. That's what I would do. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
