[pgpool-general: 3296] Re: pgpool-II 3.3.4, 3.2.9, 3.1.12, and 3.0, 16 released

Tatsuo Ishii ishii at postgresql.org
Mon Nov 24 11:47:42 JST 2014


This is an internal constant and there's no doc or knob for this in
3.3.  However in 3.4 there is a new knob called "connect_timeout"
which allows to change the value.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp

> Hi Yugo,
> 
> In regards to the following:
> 
>     - Change connect() timeout longer (10 seconds) for flaky network
> (Tatsuo Ishii)
> 
> 
> I don't see any mention of it in the official documentation here:
> http://www.pgpool.net/docs/latest/pgpool-en.html 
> 
> How is this timeout set?
> 
> Yugo Nagata <nagata at sraoss.co.jp> writes:
> 
>> Pgpool Global Development Group is pleased to announce the
>> availability of pgpool-II 3.3.4, 3.2.9, 3.1.12, and 3.0,16. These are
>> the latest stable minor versions of each major versions of pgpool-II.
>>
>> You can download the source code, installer, RPMs from:
>> http://pgpool.net/mediawiki/index.php/Downloads
>>
>> ===============================================================================
>>
>>                         3.3.4 (tokakiboshi) 2014/09/05
>>
>> * Version 3.3.4
>>
>>     This is a bugfix release against pgpool-II 3.3.3.
>>
>>     __________________________________________________________________
>>
>> * Bug fixes
>>
>>     - Fix a typo of pgpool.spec (Yugo Nagata)
>>
>>     - Fix bug that worker child process keeps failing when there's no
>> primary backend (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Problem identified and fix contributed by Junegunn Choi.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 471] for more details.
>>
>>     - Close listen socket when smart shutdown request is made (Tatsuo
>> Ishii)
>>       
>>       When smart shutdown process starts, pgpool children still listen
>> on the port and clients can send further connection requests which
>> fail in the end. Which is not only waste of time, but also prevents a
>> load balancer which sits in front of pgpool from realizing the pgpool
>> is going down.
>>       
>>       Problem analyzed and patch provided by Junegunn Choi in
>> [pgpool-hackers 474], and enhanced to take care not only inet domain
>> socket but UNIX domain socket by Tatsuo Ishii.
>>
>>     - doc: Add cautions that recovery commands are killed by
>> statement_timeout of PostgreSQL. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - test: Fix bug that wait_for_pgpool_startup does not work.
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - test: Fix test driver for watchdog to use
>> wait_for_pgpool_startup correctly (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Fix to ignore a harmless error code when executing ifconfig
>> command (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       When executing command such as ifconfig or ping by execv() in a
>> forked child proess, wait() can fails with an error code ECHILD,
>> although the process exists exactly, if SIGCHLD is set to SIG_IGN in
>> Linux. We should ignore this and not treat as failure of the command.
>>
>>     - test: Add undocumented "-j" option to the script comment.
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - test: Fix unwanted JDBC regression test failure (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - test: Fix to prevent regression test failures on slow machines
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - test: Allow to specify PostgreSQL library directory by
>> environment variable (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Adopt PostgreSQL 9.4 having to_regclass (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       PostgreSQL 9.4 has built-in function "to_regclass", which has
>> equivalent functionality of pgpool_regclass. Now pgpool searches
>> to_regclass first then try pgpool_regclass.
>>
>>     - Fix unportable code related to SO_REUSEPORT (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       There are several places using setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET,
>> SO_REUSEPORT...). SO_REUSEPORT is not available on all Linux kernels
>> and the source code uses ifdef to detect the feature in the compile
>> time. Problem is, the binary created with kernel which provides the
>> feature cannot run on a kernel which does not provide the feature. Fix
>> is, detecting the feature in the run time by checking error code
>> returned by setsockopt() and ignore it if the cause of the error is
>> lacking the feature.
>>
>>     - doc: Remove old restriction description which is no longer true
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Fix return type of text_to_lsn() function (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       This caused compile warning.
>>
>>     - Fix file descriptor leak when daemonize. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111471.
>>
>>     - Fix memory leak. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111442.
>>
>>     - Fix pgpool.init's long-standing bug of stop/restart failure
>> (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       In previous, pgpool.init uses killproc for stopping pgpool, but
>> there are several problems. In the new version, "pgpool -m fast stop"
>> is used in stop command.
>>       
>>       Original patch contributed by Ryan DeShone and modified by Yugo
>> Nagata.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 239][pgpool-hackers: 512].
>>
>>     - Allow to run pgpool_setup and regression test on Ubuntu box
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - test: Fix -i option (install directory of pgpool) not working
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Add missing include file sys/wait.h. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per bug #104. http://www.pgpool.net/mantisbt/view.php?id=104
>>
>>     - Fix an infinite loop of ping error at new active pgpool when
>> virtual IP switching (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       This bug also caused hangs of the old active pgpool, since this
>> waits response from the new active pgpool, which is in the infinite
>> loop and not able to respond.
>>       
>>       This problem is reported by Qian Peng in [pgpool-hackers: 520].
>>
>>     - Disbale statement_timeout of PostgreSQL while executing online
>> recovery (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Online recovery may take very long time and user may enable
>> statement timeout. To prevent online recovery canceled by statement
>> timeout, disable statement timeout in the connection used by online
>> recovery.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-general: 2919] for more details.
>>
>>     - Fix pool_table_name_to_oid in case new to_regclass used which is
>> introduced in PostgreSQL 9.4 (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       The relcache func used here should return 0 if target table is
>> not found. However to_regclass returns NULL in this case. To fix the
>> problem now COALESCE is used.
>>
>>     - test: Fix regression test 057 hung if run against PostgreSQL 9.4
>> or later (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       PostgreSQL 9.4 or later changed libpq behavior: NULL username
>> for connection string does not cause an error, which was expected in
>> the test.
>>
>>     - Fix to close pipe when ping command exits with failure (Yugo
>> Nagata)
>>       
>>       This bug causes pipe open error: Too many open files, which
>> leads to failure of connecting to trusted servers, and then pgpool
>> goes to down status.
>>
>>     - Fix Resource leaks (Muhammad Usama)
>>       
>>       Coverity issue #1222998 and #1222999.
>>
>>     - Add a description that pcp_detach_node command disconnects
>> existing sessions (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Fix failover.sh produced by pgpool_setup (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       It did not support there's more than 3 nodes case. It always
>> tries to promoto node0 or node1.
>>
>>     - Remove meaningless minus check because of unsigned int variable
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Coverity issue #1111419, #1111420, #1111422.
>>
>>     - replacing strcpy() with much safer and recomended call strlcpy()
>> (Muhammad Usama)
>>       
>>       Coverity issue #1111480.
>>
>>     - Fix pgpool.spec to support openssl (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Fix pgpool.spec to use 3.3-stable tree head (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Remove unnecessary call to pool_shmem_exit() which removes
>> semaphore when it shouldn't (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       exit_handler checks if the process is parent or not. This is
>> good. However, even if it is a child process, it calls
>> pool_shmem_exit() which removes semaphore and shmem when it should
>> not. It should be called only from parent process.
>>       
>>       Per bug #102. http://www.pgpool.net/mantisbt/view.php?id=102
>>
>>     - Fix get_insert_command_table_name() function not to use freed
>> pointer (Muhammad Usama)
>>       
>>       Coverity issue #1223007.
>>
>>     - Fix pool_handle_query_cache() to not free NULL pointer (Tatsuo
>> Ishii)
>>
>>     - Change connect() timeout longer (10 seconds) for flaky network
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Change connect() timeout in connect_inet_domain_socket_by_port()
>> from 1 second to 10 seconds for flaky network such as AWS. This should
>> help reducing frequent failover.
>>
>>     - Fix reset query stuck problem. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       It is reported that reset query (DISCARD ALL etc.) occasionally
>> does not finish and pgpool child remain waiting for reply from backend
>> thus client cannot connect to pgpool.
>>       
>>       The cause of problem is not identified yet but if client
>> suddenly closes connection to pgpool in the middle of query
>> processing, backend may not accept the reset queries because they are
>> not ready for query.
>>       
>>       The fix is, if frontend closes connection in unexpected way,
>> query process loop immediately returns with new state:
>> POOL_END_WITH_FRONTEND_ERROR and pgpool closes connection to
>> PostgreSQL then goes back to new connection request waiting loop.
>>       
>>       Also, pgpool closes connections to backend when
>> client_idle_limit is set and the idle limit.
>>       
>>       Per bug #107. http://www.pgpool.net/mantisbt/view.php?id=107
>>
>>     - Fix other dozens of coverity issues (Muhammad Usama)
>>
>> ===============================================================================
>>
>>                         3.2.9 (namameboshi) 2014/09/05
>>
>> * Version 3.2.9
>>
>>     This is a bugfix release against pgpool-II 3.2.8.
>>
>>     __________________________________________________________________
>>
>> * Bug fixes
>>
>>     - Fix a typo of pgpool.spec (Yugo Nagata)
>>
>>     - Fix bug that worker child process keeps failing when there's no
>> primary backend (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Problem identified and fix contributed by Junegunn Choi.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 471] for more details.
>>
>>     - Close listen socket when smart shutdown request is made (Tatsuo
>> Ishii)
>>       
>>       When smart shutdown process starts, pgpool children still listen
>> on the port and clients can send further connection requests which
>> fail in the end. Which is not only waste of time, but also prevents a
>> load balancer which sits in front of pgpool from realizing the pgpool
>> is going down.
>>       
>>       Problem analyzed and patch provided by Junegunn Choi in
>> [pgpool-hackers 474], and enhanced to take care not only inet domain
>> socket but UNIX domain socket by Tatsuo Ishii.
>>
>>     - doc: Add cautions that recovery commands are killed by
>> statement_timeout of PostgreSQL. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - doc: Remove old restriction description which is no longer true
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Fix return type of text_to_lsn() function (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       This caused compile warning.
>>
>>     - Fix file descriptor leak when daemonize. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111471.
>>
>>     - Fix memory leak. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111442.
>>
>>     - Fix pgpool.init's long-standing bug of stop/restart failure
>> (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       In previous, pgpool.init uses killproc for stopping pgpool, but
>> there are several problems. In the new version, "pgpool -m fast stop"
>> is used in stop command.
>>       
>>       Original patch contributed by Ryan DeShone and modified by Yugo
>> Nagata.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 239][pgpool-hackers: 512].
>>
>>     - Add missing include file sys/wait.h. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per bug #104. http://www.pgpool.net/mantisbt/view.php?id=104
>>
>>     - Disbale statement_timeout of PostgreSQL while executing online
>> recovery (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Online recovery may take very long time and user may enable
>> statement timeout. To prevent online recovery canceled by statement
>> timeout, disable statement timeout in the connection used by online
>> recovery.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-general: 2919] for more details.
>>
>>     - Remove unnecessary call to pool_shmem_exit() which removes
>> semaphore when it shouldn't (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       exit_handler checks if the process is parent or not. This is
>> good. However, even if it is a child process, it calls
>> pool_shmem_exit() which removes semaphore and shmem when it should
>> not. It should be called only from parent process.
>>       
>>       Per bug #102. http://www.pgpool.net/mantisbt/view.php?id=102
>>
>> ===============================================================================
>>
>>                         3.1.12 (hatsuiboshi) 2014/09/05
>>
>> * Version 3.1.12
>>
>>     This is a bugfix release against pgpool-II 3.1.11.
>>
>>     __________________________________________________________________
>>
>> * Bug fixes
>>
>>     - Fix a typo of pgpool.spec (Yugo Nagata)
>>
>>     - Fix bug that worker child process keeps failing when there's no
>> primary backend (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Problem identified and fix contributed by Junegunn Choi.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 471] for more details.
>>
>>     - Close listen socket when smart shutdown request is made (Tatsuo
>> Ishii)
>>       
>>       When smart shutdown process starts, pgpool children still listen
>> on the port and clients can send further connection requests which
>> fail in the end. Which is not only waste of time, but also prevents a
>> load balancer which sits in front of pgpool from realizing the pgpool
>> is going down.
>>       
>>       Problem analyzed and patch provided by Junegunn Choi in
>> [pgpool-hackers 474], and enhanced to take care not only inet domain
>> socket but UNIX domain socket by Tatsuo Ishii.
>>
>>     - doc: Add cautions that recovery commands are killed by
>> statement_timeout of PostgreSQL. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - doc: Remove old restriction description which is no longer true
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Fix return type of text_to_lsn() function (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       This caused compile warning.
>>
>>     - Fix file descriptor leak when daemonize. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111471.
>>
>>     - Fix memory leak. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111442.
>>
>>     - Fix pgpool.init's long-standing bug of stop/restart failure
>> (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       In previous, pgpool.init uses killproc for stopping pgpool, but
>> there are several problems. In the new version, "pgpool -m fast stop"
>> is used in stop command.
>>       
>>       Original patch contributed by Ryan DeShone and modified by Yugo
>> Nagata.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 239][pgpool-hackers: 512].
>>
>>     - Disbale statement_timeout of PostgreSQL while executing online
>> recovery (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Online recovery may take very long time and user may enable
>> statement timeout. To prevent online recovery canceled by statement
>> timeout, disable statement timeout in the connection used by online
>> recovery.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-general: 2919] for more details.
>>
>>     - Remove unnecessary call to pool_shmem_exit() which removes
>> semaphore when it shouldn't (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       exit_handler checks if the process is parent or not. This is
>> good. However, even if it is a child process, it calls
>> pool_shmem_exit() which removes semaphore and shmem when it should
>> not. It should be called only from parent process.
>>       
>>       Per bug #102. http://www.pgpool.net/mantisbt/view.php?id=102
>>
>> ===============================================================================
>>
>>                         3.0.16 (umiyameboshi) 2014/09/05
>>
>> * Version 3.0.16
>>
>>     This is a bugfix release against pgpool-II 3.0.15.
>>
>>     __________________________________________________________________
>>
>> * Bug fixes
>>
>>     - Fix a typo of pgpool.spec (Yugo Nagata)
>>
>>     - Fix bug that worker child process keeps failing when there's no
>> primary backend (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Problem identified and fix contributed by Junegunn Choi.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 471] for more details.
>>
>>     - Close listen socket when smart shutdown request is made (Tatsuo
>> Ishii)
>>       
>>       When smart shutdown process starts, pgpool children still listen
>> on the port and clients can send further connection requests which
>> fail in the end. Which is not only waste of time, but also prevents a
>> load balancer which sits in front of pgpool from realizing the pgpool
>> is going down.
>>       
>>       Problem analyzed and patch provided by Junegunn Choi in
>> [pgpool-hackers 474], and enhanced to take care not only inet domain
>> socket but UNIX domain socket by Tatsuo Ishii.
>>
>>     - doc: Add cautions that recovery commands are killed by
>> statement_timeout of PostgreSQL. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - doc: Remove old restriction description which is no longer true
>> (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>
>>     - Fix return type of text_to_lsn() function (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       This caused compile warning.
>>
>>     - Fix file descriptor leak when daemonize. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111471.
>>
>>     - Fix memory leak. (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Per Coverity 1111442.
>>
>>     - Fix pgpool.init's long-standing bug of stop/restart failure
>> (Yugo Nagata)
>>       
>>       In previous, pgpool.init uses killproc for stopping pgpool, but
>> there are several problems. In the new version, "pgpool -m fast stop"
>> is used in stop command.
>>       
>>       Original patch contributed by Ryan DeShone and modified by Yugo
>> Nagata.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-hackers: 239][pgpool-hackers: 512].
>>
>>     - Disbale statement_timeout of PostgreSQL while executing online
>> recovery (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       Online recovery may take very long time and user may enable
>> statement timeout. To prevent online recovery canceled by statement
>> timeout, disable statement timeout in the connection used by online
>> recovery.
>>       
>>       See [pgpool-general: 2919] for more details.
>>
>>     - Remove unnecessary call to pool_shmem_exit() which removes
>> semaphore when it shouldn't (Tatsuo Ishii)
>>       
>>       exit_handler checks if the process is parent or not. This is
>> good. However, even if it is a child process, it calls
>> pool_shmem_exit() which removes semaphore and shmem when it should
>> not. It should be called only from parent process.
>>       
>>       Per bug #102. http://www.pgpool.net/mantisbt/view.php?id=102
>>
>> ===============================================================================
> 
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