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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: wal_sender_timeout / wal_receiver_timeout - seconds or milliseconds?
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 10:21:38 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Nov  5, 2019 at 01:27:16PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 09:52:34PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > The default _value_ is 60 seconds, and we use the 's' to specify
> > seconds.  What the comment is saying is that if you _don't_ specify any
> > units, the integer is in milliseconds.  I am not sure how to improve
> > that.
> 
> I do have a suggestion as per the attached, say:
> +#wal_sender_timeout = 60s      # in milliseconds if no unit specified;
> +                               # 0 disables

Ugh, the "if no unit specified" is true of all the settings.  Should we
make that clearer in a more central location.

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> --
> Michael

> diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
> index 0fc23e3a61..eea017e840 100644
> --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
> +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
> @@ -286,7 +286,8 @@
>  #max_wal_senders = 10		# max number of walsender processes
>  				# (change requires restart)
>  #wal_keep_segments = 0		# in logfile segments; 0 disables
> -#wal_sender_timeout = 60s	# in milliseconds; 0 disables
> +#wal_sender_timeout = 60s	# in milliseconds if no unit specified;
> +				# 0 disables
>  
>  #max_replication_slots = 10	# max number of replication slots
>  				# (change requires restart)
> @@ -326,7 +327,8 @@
>  					# query conflicts
>  #wal_receiver_timeout = 60s		# time that receiver waits for
>  					# communication from master
> -					# in milliseconds; 0 disables
> +					# in milliseconds if no unit specified;
> +					# 0 disables
>  #wal_retrieve_retry_interval = 5s	# time to wait before retrying to
>  					# retrieve WAL after a failed attempt
>  #recovery_min_apply_delay = 0		# minimum delay for applying changes during recovery




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