Re: tcp_keepalives_idle

From: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: tcp_keepalives_idle
Date: 2013-11-14 10:32:23
Message-ID: 5284A6B7.90600@joh.to
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On 11/14/13 7:08 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>> It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets".
>> We could perhaps just drop the word "otherwise", if people find
>> it confusing.
>
> Wah. I seemed to completely misunderstand what the pharase
> says. Thanks for clarification. I agree to drop "otherwise".

I had some problem interpreting these explanations as well:
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/527A21F1.2000408@joh.to

Compare that to the description in the libpq documentation: "Controls
the number of seconds of inactivity after which TCP should send a
keepalive message to the server.".

Regards,
Marko Tiikkaja

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