Re: Can't find thread on Linux memory overcommit

From: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Jon Jensen <jon(at)endpoint(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can't find thread on Linux memory overcommit
Date: 2003-08-21 17:11:39
Message-ID: 20030821171139.GA11389@ping.be
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:04:13PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > Well, sadly, the reason I posted is that I (apparently) had a client's
> > database fatally corrupted by this problem.
>
> "Fatally corrupted"? That should not happen --- at worst, an OOM kill
> should lose your current sessions. We need more details.

Even if it kills the postmaster?

Kurt

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