Re: putting a bgworker to rest

Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed the need to simply stop a bgworker after its work is done but
> still have it restart in unusual circumstances like a crash.
> Obviously I can just have it enter a loop where it checks its latch and
> such, but that seems a bit pointless.
>
> Would it make sense to add an extra return value or such for that?

KaiGai also requested some more flexibility in the stop timing and
shutdown sequence.  I understand the current design that workers are
always on can be a bit annoying.

How would postmaster know when to restart a worker that stopped?

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