Re: [HACKERS] tcp_keepalives_idle

2014-03-07 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:03:42PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:32:23AM +0100, Marko Tiikkaja wrote: > > On 11/14/13 7:08 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > >>It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets". > > >>We could perhaps just drop the word "otherwise",

Re: [HACKERS] tcp_keepalives_idle

2014-03-07 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:32:23AM +0100, Marko Tiikkaja wrote: > On 11/14/13 7:08 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > >>It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets". > >>We could perhaps just drop the word "otherwise", if people find > >>it confusing. > > > >Wah. I seemed to completely mis

Re: [HACKERS] tcp_keepalives_idle

2013-11-14 Thread Marko Tiikkaja
On 11/14/13 7:08 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets". We could perhaps just drop the word "otherwise", if people find it confusing. Wah. I seemed to completely misunderstand what the pharase says. Thanks for clarification. I agree to drop "othe

Re: [HACKERS] tcp_keepalives_idle

2013-11-13 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> Tatsuo Ishii writes: >> I am struggling to understand what following phrase says: > >> tcp_keepalives_idle (integer) >> Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet >> on an otherwise idle connection. > > It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packet

Re: [HACKERS] tcp_keepalives_idle

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Lane
Tatsuo Ishii writes: > I am struggling to understand what following phrase says: > tcp_keepalives_idle (integer) > Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet > on an otherwise idle connection. It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets". We could

[HACKERS] tcp_keepalives_idle

2013-11-13 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
Hi, I am struggling to understand what following phrase says: tcp_keepalives_idle (integer) Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet on an otherwise idle connection. What I am not sure is the meaning of "otherwise". Can I safely replace it to: Specifies the n