Re-enable pg_terminate_backend() using SIGTERM. SIGTERM testing still

needed.

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 23a758cd02e..7e120bc8621 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.432 2008/04/15 20:28:46 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.433 2008/04/17 20:56:41 momjian Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="functions">
   <title>Functions and Operators</title>
@@ -11849,6 +11849,9 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
     <primary>pg_cancel_backend</primary>
    </indexterm>
    <indexterm>
+    <primary>pg_terminate_backend</primary>
+   </indexterm>
+   <indexterm>
     <primary>pg_reload_conf</primary>
    </indexterm>
    <indexterm>
@@ -11885,6 +11888,13 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry>
+        <literal><function>pg_terminate_backend</function>(<parameter>pid</parameter> <type>int</>)</literal>
+        </entry>
+       <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+       <entry>Terminate a backend</entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+       <entry>
         <literal><function>pg_reload_conf</function>()</literal>
         </entry>
        <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
@@ -11907,9 +11917,10 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    <function>pg_cancel_backend</> sends a query cancel
-    (<systemitem>SIGINT</>) signal to a backend process identified by
-    process ID.  The process ID of an active backend can be found from
+    <function>pg_cancel_backend</> and <function>pg_terminate_backend</>
+    send signals (<systemitem>SIGINT</> or <systemitem>SIGTERM</>
+    respectively) to backend processes identified by process ID.
+    The process ID of an active backend can be found from
     the <structfield>procpid</structfield> column in the
     <structname>pg_stat_activity</structname> view, or by listing the
     <command>postgres</command> processes on the server with
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index eb9b937a818..63259faff5a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.413 2008/04/15 20:28:46 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.414 2008/04/17 20:56:41 momjian Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter Id="runtime">
  <title>Operating System Environment</title>
@@ -1372,6 +1372,14 @@ $ <userinput>kill -INT `head -1 /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`</userinput
     well.
    </para>
   </important>
+
+  <para>
+   To terminate a session while allowing other sessions to continue, use
+   <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> (<xref
+   linkend="functions-admin-signal-table">) or send a
+   <systemitem>SIGTERM</> signal to the child process associated with
+   the session.
+  </para>
  </sect1>
 
  <sect1 id="preventing-server-spoofing">