Re: libpq: indefinite block on poll during network problems

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On Saturday, May 31, 2014, Dmitry Samonenko <shreddingwork(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> Though this then begs the question: if the connection comes back up what
>> happens in the client?
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>> Depends on the state of the server. If problem was purely network related
> - TCP retransmit eventually
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succeeds and client gets reply (with pause of course). Normal client
operation resumes. If the server has crashed and the client hasn't received
FIN segment (hardware crash for example), then the client is doomed for TCP
retransmission retries.

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> If the client is still stuck then I'd say that is
>> possibly our problem to address - but if the client resumes then expecting
>> and resolving the issue at a higher level seems to make sensible policy.
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>> David J.
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