On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote:
> On 2018-02-22 08:22:48 -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On 2/21/18 15:53, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > *Two new functions are added, pg_enable_data_checksums() and > > > pg_disable_data_checksums(). The disable one is easy -- it just changes > > > to disable. The enable one will change the state to inprogress, and > then > > > start a background worker (the “checksumhelper launcher”). This worker > > > in turn will start one sub-worker (“checksumhelper worker”) in each > > > database (currently all done sequentially).* > > > > This is at least the fourth version of the pattern launcher plus worker > > background workers. I wonder whether we can do something to make this > > easier and less repetitive. Not in this patch, of course. > > I suspect I'm going to get some grief for this, but I think the time has > come to bite the bullet and support changing databases in the same > process... > Hey, I can't even see the goalposts anymore :P Are you saying this should be done *in general*, or specifically for background workers? I'm assuming you mean the general case? That would be very useful, but is probably a fairly non-trivial task (TM). -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ <http://www.hagander.net/> Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ <http://www.redpill-linpro.com/>
