Re: Magnus Hagander 2016-04-13 <CABUevEzq8_nSq7fwe0-fbOAK8S2YNN-PkfsamfEvy2-d3dRUoA@mail.gmail.com>
> > >>> It's fairly common to see a lot of "Incomplete startup packet" in the
> > >>> logfiles caused by monitoring or healthcheck connections.
> >
> > >> I've also seen it caused by port scanning.
> >
> > > Yes, definitely. Question there might be if that's actually a case when
> > we
> > > *want* that logging?
> >
> > I should think someone might. But I doubt we want to introduce another
> > GUC for this. Would it be okay to downgrade the message to DEBUG1 if
> > zero bytes were received?
> >
> >
> Yeah, that was my suggestion - I think that's a reasonable compromise. And
> yes, I agree that a separate GUC for it would be a huge overkill.
There have been numerous complaints about that log message, and the
usual reply is always something like what Pavel said recently:
"It is garbage. Usually it means nothing, but better to work live
without this garbage." [1]
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAFj8pRDtwsxj63%3DLaWSwA8u7NrU9k9%2BdJtz2gB_0f4SxCM1sQA%40mail.gmail.com
Let's get rid of it.
Christoph