Re: Is Backgroundworker.bgw_restart_time is defined in seconds?

> On 26 Aug 2021, at 09:38, constzl  wrote:

>     if ((worker->bgw_restart_time < 0 &&
>          worker->bgw_restart_time != BGW_NEVER_RESTART) ||
>         (worker->bgw_restart_time > USECS_PER_DAY / 1000))
> 
> > The Backgroundworker.bgw_restart_time is defined in seconds,
> > so should it be "USECS_PER_DAY / 1000,000" here instead of "USECS_PER_DAY / 1000"?
> > Or am I getting it wrong?

bgw_restart_time is defined as "It can be any positive value” in the docs, see:

	https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/bgworker.html

My reading of the above code is that is tries to catch nonsensical values, not
to cap it to enforce restarts within a 24h period.

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