Re: [PATCH] Patch to make pg_hba.conf handle virtualhost access control and samehost keyword

Tom Lane writes:

> Since pg_hba.conf is re-read on every connection, I've always thought
> it was pretty bogus to bulk it up with that much internal documentation.

Maybe it should be cached in memory and only be re-read on request
(SIGHUP).  Parsing that file every time is undoubtedly a large fraction of
the total connection startup time.

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