Server Signal Functions

Server signal functions send control signals to other server processes. Only the system administrator can use these functions.

pg_cancel_backend(pid int)
Description: Cancels the current query of a backend.
Return type: Boolean
Note: pg_cancel_backend sends a query cancellation (SIGINT) signal to the backend process identified by pid. The PID of an active backend process can be found in the pid column of the pg_stat_activity view, or can be found by listing the database process using ps on the server. A user with the SYSADMIN permission, the owner of the database connected to the backend process, the owner of the backend process, or a user who inherits the gs_role_signal_backend permission of the built-in role has the permission to use this function.
pg_reload_conf()
Description: Causes all server processes to reload their configuration files (restricted to the system administrator).
Return type: Boolean
Note: pg_reload_conf sends a SIGHUP signal to the server. As a result, all server processes reload their configuration files.
pg_rotate_logfile()
Description: Rotates the log files of the server (restricted to the system administrator).
Return type: Boolean
Note: pg_rotate_logfile sends a signal to the log file manager, instructing the manager to immediately switch to a new output file. This function works only when redirect_stderr is used for log output. Otherwise, no log file manager subprocess exists.
pg_terminate_backend(pid int)
Description: Terminates a backend thread.
Return type: Boolean
Note: Each of these functions returns true if they are successful and false otherwise. A user with the SYSADMIN permission, the owner of the database connected to the backend process, the owner of the backend process, or a user who inherits the gs_role_signal_backend permission of the built-in role has the permission to use this function.
Example:
```
openGauss=# SELECT pid from pg_stat_activity;
       pid       
-----------------
 140657876268816
(1 rows)

openGauss=# SELECT pg_terminate_backend(140657876268816);
 pg_terminate_backend 
----------------------
 t
(1 row)
```
pg_terminate_session(pid int64, sessionid int64)
Description: Terminates a backend session.
Return type: Boolean
Note: Each of these functions returns true if they are successful and false otherwise. A user with the SYSADMIN permission, the owner of the database connected to the session, the owner of the session, or a user who inherits the gs_role_signal_backend permission of the built-in role has the permission to use this function.