On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:45:52AM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On 2021-Jul-17, Bharath Rupireddy wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 8:17 PM Justin Pryzby <pry...@telsasoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 09:24:19PM +0530, Bharath Rupireddy wrote: > > > > I've always had a hard time distinguishing various types of > > > > processes/terms used in postgres. I look at the source code every time > > > > to understand them, yet I don't feel satisfied with my understanding. > > > > I request any hacker (having a better idea than me) to help me with > > > > what each different process does and how they are different from each > > > > other? Of course, I'm clear with normal backends (user sessions), bg > > > > workers, but the others need a bit more understanding. > > > > > > It sounds like something that should be in the glossary, which currently > > > refers > > > to but doesn't define "auxiliary processes". > > > > Thanks. I strongly feel that it should be documented somewhere. I will > > be happy if someone with a clear idea about these various processes > > does it. > > Auxiliary process > > Process of an <glossterm > linkend="glossary-instance">instance</glossterm> in
I think "of an instance" is a distraction here, even if technically accurate. > charge of some specific, hardcoded background task. Examples are And I think "hardcoded" doesn't mean anything beyond what "specific" means. Maybe you'd say: .. process which handles a specific, central task for the cluster instance. Thanks, -- Justin
