Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> The closest thing I can think of to an automated test is to run repeated
> >> sets of the parallel regression tests, and each time SIGTERM a randomly
> >> chosen backend at a randomly chosen time.  Then see if anything "funny"
> 
> > Yep, that was my plan, plus running the parallel regression tests you
> > get the possibility of >2 backends.
> 
> I was intentionally suggesting only one kill per test cycle.  Multiple
> kills will probably create an O(N^2) explosion in the set of possible
> downstream-failure deltas.  I doubt you'd really get any improvement
> in testing coverage to justify the much larger amount of hand validation
> needed.

No, the point is that you have >2 backends to choose from to kill.

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