"Henry B. Hotz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I notice that all the > authentication (pg_fe_sendauth()) is done inside PWConnectPoll(), > which sounds like something that isn't expected to block on network > access.
That's right. > Is this behavior important during startup? You needn't bother to submit a patch that breaks it ;-). But I don't really see that it's such a big deal. You just need some state data to keep track of what to do the next time you receive a message. There's no assumption anywhere that authentication only involves one message exchange. > I haven't looked at the corresponding logic on the server side, but > I'd assume that it forks before we get to this point so it doesn't > matter. Correct, we don't need to worry about multitasking apps there. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings