Hi,
On 2022-05-09 21:42:20 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> > On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 09:29:32PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Less brute force: wait for "SHOW variable-you-changed" to report the
> >> value you expect.
>
> > This method may still be unreliable in some processes like a logirep
> > launcher/receiver or just autovacuum, no?
Yept, that's the problem. In my case it's the startup process...
> Yeah, if your test case requires knowing that some background process
> has gotten the word, it's a *lot* harder. I think we'd have to add a
> last-config-update-time column in pg_stat_activity or something like that.
That's basically what I was referencing with global barriers...
Greetings,
Andres Freund