Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Start background writer during archive recovery.

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Start background writer during archive recovery.
Date: 2009-02-19 07:35:14
Message-ID: 499D0BB2.50604@enterprisedb.com
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> More likely to be an uncommon race condition, rather than a error
> specific to dungbeetle. If startup process death is slow, this could
> happen, though hasn't occurred in other tests.

True, the startup process can live for a short while concurrently with
bgwriter, walwriter and autovacuum launcher, before it exits.

> Given the shape of the patch, the likely fix is to bump
> NUM_AUXILIARY_PROCS by one.

Not sure what you mean by the shape of the patch, but agreed.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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