It was unable to wait on a backend that had already left the procarray.
Users tolerant of that limitation can poll pg_stat_activity. Other
users can employ the "timeout" argument of pg_terminate_backend().
Reviewed by Bharath Rupireddy.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/
20210605013236.GA208701@rfd.leadboat.com
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<literal>false</literal> is returned.
</para></entry>
</row>
-
- <row>
- <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
- <indexterm>
- <primary>pg_wait_for_backend_termination</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <function>pg_wait_for_backend_termination</function> ( <parameter>pid</parameter> <type>integer</type>, <parameter>timeout</parameter> <type>bigint</type> <literal>DEFAULT</literal> <literal>5000</literal> )
- <returnvalue>boolean</returnvalue>
- </para>
- <para>
- Waits for the backend process with the specified Process ID to
- terminate. If the process terminates before
- the <parameter>timeout</parameter> (in milliseconds)
- expires, <literal>true</literal> is returned. On timeout, a warning
- is emitted and <literal>false</literal> is returned.
- </para></entry>
- </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
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@@ -640,13 +640,7 @@ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-->
<para>
- Add function <link
- linkend="functions-admin-signal"><function>pg_wait_for_backend_termination()</function></link>
- that waits for session exit (Bharath Rupireddy)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Also add a similar optional wait parameter to <link
+ Add an optional timeout parameter to <link
linkend="functions-admin-signal"><function>pg_terminate_backend()</function></link>
</para>
</listitem>
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RETURNS boolean STRICT VOLATILE LANGUAGE INTERNAL AS 'pg_terminate_backend'
PARALLEL SAFE;
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
- pg_wait_for_backend_termination(pid integer, timeout int8 DEFAULT 5000)
- RETURNS boolean STRICT VOLATILE LANGUAGE INTERNAL AS 'pg_wait_for_backend_termination'
- PARALLEL SAFE;
-
-- legacy definition for compatibility with 9.3
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
json_populate_record(base anyelement, from_json json, use_json_as_text boolean DEFAULT false)
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PG_RETURN_BOOL(r == SIGNAL_BACKEND_SUCCESS);
}
-/*
- * Wait for a backend process with the given PID to exit or until the given
- * timeout milliseconds occurs. Returns true if the backend has exited. On
- * timeout a warning is emitted and false is returned.
- *
- * We allow any user to call this function, consistent with any user being
- * able to view the pid of the process in pg_stat_activity etc.
- */
-Datum
-pg_wait_for_backend_termination(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
- int pid;
- int64 timeout;
- PGPROC *proc = NULL;
-
- pid = PG_GETARG_INT32(0);
- timeout = PG_GETARG_INT64(1);
-
- if (timeout <= 0)
- ereport(ERROR,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_NUMERIC_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
- errmsg("\"timeout\" must not be negative or zero")));
-
- proc = BackendPidGetProc(pid);
-
- if (proc == NULL)
- {
- ereport(WARNING,
- (errmsg("PID %d is not a PostgreSQL server process", pid)));
-
- PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
- }
-
- PG_RETURN_BOOL(pg_wait_until_termination(pid, timeout));
-}
-
/*
* Signal to reload the database configuration
*
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*/
/* yyyymmddN */
-#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO 202106101
+#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO 202106151
#endif
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proname => 'pg_terminate_backend', provolatile => 'v', prorettype => 'bool',
proargtypes => 'int4 int8', proargnames => '{pid,timeout}',
prosrc => 'pg_terminate_backend' },
-{ oid => '2137', descr => 'wait for a backend process exit or timeout occurs',
- proname => 'pg_wait_for_backend_termination', provolatile => 'v',
- prorettype => 'bool', proargtypes => 'int4 int8',
- proargnames => '{pid,timeout}', prosrc => 'pg_wait_for_backend_termination' },
{ oid => '2172', descr => 'prepare for taking an online backup',
proname => 'pg_start_backup', provolatile => 'v', proparallel => 'r',
prorettype => 'pg_lsn', proargtypes => 'text bool bool',