Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jAghW-0002Sd-CL for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:09:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1jAghV-00064x-6v for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:09:37 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1jAghU-00064q-RY for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:09:36 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jAghS-0008F5-OC for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:09:35 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 027L9VGi015904; Sat, 7 Mar 2020 16:09:31 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Julien Rouhaud cc: Michael Paquier , pgsql-hackers Subject: Re: Add an optional timeout clause to isolationtester step. In-reply-to: <20200307205328.ffidfyo3me46qscn@nol> References: <20200227080735.l32fqcauy73lon7o@nol> <20200303080642.GA1890@paquier.xyz> <20200303092551.GB1890@paquier.xyz> <20200304051510.GE2593@paquier.xyz> <20200305035354.GQ2593@paquier.xyz> <20200306131547.GA2904@nol> <20200307014142.GC1531@paquier.xyz> <20200307061615.c47sju2bytuiaazv@nol> <8441.1583595994@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20200307205328.ffidfyo3me46qscn@nol> Comments: In-reply-to Julien Rouhaud message dated "Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:53:28 +0100" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <15902.1583615371.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:09:31 -0500 Message-ID: <15903.1583615371@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Julien Rouhaud writes: > On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 10:46:34AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: >> What's the actual need that you're trying to deal with? > Testing the correct behavior of non trivial commands, such as CIC/reindex > concurrently, that fails during the execution. Hmm ... don't see how a timeout helps with that? regards, tom lane