Whoops, a couple quick changes. This:
[koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh newton netstat | grep vero
tcp 64260 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32778
vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresqlESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32777
vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresqlESTABLISHED

should be this:
[koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh newton netstat | grep vero
tcp 64530 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32778
vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresqlESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32777
vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresqlESTABLISHED

Also, the Send-Q column on the server side doesn't change, even after more
async notifies. They may not have happened at the same time, but it's a bit
perplexing that they all have the exact same amount of data in the queue.

Peter

On 8/2/07, Peter Koczan <pjkoczan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I found something pretty interesting when running netstat's:
>
> Before a series of 3 async notifies (second column is Recv-Q):
>
> OK connections:
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ netstat | grep vero
> tcp 180 0 ator.cs.wisc.edu:32785
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 ator.cs.wisc.edu:32784
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh newton netstat | grep vero
> tcp 64260 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32778
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32777
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
>
> "notify interrupt" connections:
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh brian netstat | grep vero
> tcp 0 0 brian.cs.wisc.edu:40365
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 77800 0 brian.cs.wisc.edu:40366
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh zim netstat | grep vero
> tcp 73402 0 zim.cs.wisc.edu:32777
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 zim.cs.wisc.edu:32776
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
>
> and after said notifies:
>
> OK connections:
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ netstat | grep vero
> tcp 450 0 ator.cs.wisc.edu:32785
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 ator.cs.wisc.edu:32784
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh newton netstat | grep vero
> tcp 64260 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32778
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 newton.cs.wisc.edu:32777
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
>
> "notify interrupt" connections:
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh brian netstat | grep vero
> tcp 0 0 brian.cs.wisc.edu:40365
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 77800 0 brian.cs.wisc.edu:40366
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> [koczan@ator] koczan $ ssh zim netstat | grep vero
> tcp 73402 0 zim.cs.wisc.edu:32777
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 zim.cs.wisc.edu:32776
> vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ESTABLISHED
>
> And on the server side things get a little more interesting (Send-Q is the
> 3rd column)...
>
> OK:
> [koczan@vero] ~ $ netstat | grep ator
> tcp 0 0 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ator.cs.wisc.edu:32785
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql ator.cs.wisc.edu:32784
> ESTABLISHED
> [koczan@vero] ~ $ netstat | grep newton
> tcp 0 0 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql newton.cs.wisc.edu:32778
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql newton.cs.wisc.edu:32777
> ESTABLISHED
>
> "notify interrupt":
> [koczan@vero] ~ $ netstat | grep brian
> tcp 0 0 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql brian.cs.wisc.edu:40365
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 13032 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql brian.cs.wisc.edu:40366
> ESTABLISHED
> [koczan@vero] ~ $ netstat | grep zim
> tcp 0 13032 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql zim.cs.wisc.edu:32777
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 vero.cs.wisc.eduostgresql zim.cs.wisc.edu:32776
> ESTABLISHED
>
> A quick perusal of the other "notify interrupt" connections shows 13032 in
> the Send-Q column. They all got into this state at the same time.
>
> Peter
>
> P.S. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
>
> On 8/2/07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us > wrote:
> >
> > Peter Koczan <pjkoczan@gmail.com > writes:
> > > Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > >> Does the client read the async notifies? The write in the server will
> > >> block if the client doesn't keep up with reading the data.
> > >>
> > > Well, the client updates it's GUI properly no matter whether the
> > > listening session is blocked or not (it's an ongoing tail of
> > requests).
> > > Overtly from the client side, it's completely transparent. Is there
> > any
> > > way I can tell definitively from the client side whether or not it's
> > > actually reading the async notifies?
> >
> > netstat's Recv-Q column would probably reflect it if the client is
> > failing to consume messages. The send queue on the server side would be
> > worth checking too.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
> >
>
>