On 2021/06/29 10:02, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 02:11:57AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote: >> The following bug has been logged on the website: >> >> Bug reference: 17073 >> Logged by: Andrey Lizenko >> Email address: lizenko79@gmail.com >> PostgreSQL version: 14beta2 >> Operating system: any >> Description: >> >> Looks like description was missed or corrupted for the following release >> note: >> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14.html >> >> Improve signal handling reliability (Fujii Masao) >> GENERAL ENOUGH? > > It means I am not clear if this text is accurate or needs improvement.
Since this explains the commit 2945a488a, it's better to describe something like the following?
Make the standby handle signal promptly.
Previously there was the case where the standby could not promptly handle the signal like shutdown request received while waiting on wal_retrieve_retry_interval.
The wording still needs some work...but is this even release note worthy?
We forget to check for interrupts before sleeping in an otherwise busy-wait loop. We corrected the oversight.
Otherwise, "The standby startup process now promptly handles interrupts."
Most of what I'm reading says this only impacted the startup of the standby process; normal operations already worked correctly. Is that correct?