Re: Backend doesn't catch the next command, after SIGUSR2

--- Patrick Samson wrote:
> If I run a test script enough time, it eventually
> freezes in this deadlock situation:
>
> The client sends a command to a backend and waits
> for an answer. It will wait forever because the
> backend
> is not aware of the arrival of the request and waits
> for a next command.
>
> What happens in the loop is:
> SIInsertDataEntry: table is 70% full,
> signaling postmaster
>
> In reaction, the postmaster sends to its children:
> SignalChildren: sending signal 31 to process <pid>
>
> Most of the time, it works. But at an unpredictable
> iteration, it freezes.
>
...
> I can't tell if the source of the problem is in
> cygwin or in postgres, so I post in the two lists.

Nothing to say about Postgres, the problem is
located within Cygwin.
Look at
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00418.html
for the full story.

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