"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM> writes:
>> Killing an individual backend with SIGTERM is bad luck. The backend
>> will assume that it's being killed by the postmaster, and will exit
>> without a whole lot of concern for cleaning up shared memory --- the
> What code will be returned to postmaster in this case?
Right at the moment, the backend will exit with status 0. I think you
are thinking the same thing I am: maybe a backend that receives SIGTERM
ought to exit with nonzero status.
That would mean that killing an individual backend would instantly
translate into an installation-wide restart. I am not sure whether
that's a good idea. Perhaps this cure is worse than the disease.
Comments anyone?
regards, tom lane