Re: [HACKERS] Re: PD_ALL_VISIBLE flag was incorrectly set happend during repeatable vacuum

From: bricklen <bricklen(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: PD_ALL_VISIBLE flag was incorrectly set happend during repeatable vacuum
Date: 2011-03-03 00:20:24
Message-ID: AANLkTikNL3wqx5t_-TCmWOKhd+PZUakB=FmNUCqH0ZNn@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:53 PM, daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net> wrote:
>> > Postgresql version is 8.4.4.
>>
>> I don't see how this could be related, but since you're running on NFS,
>> maybe it is, somehow:
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4D40DDB7.1010000@credativ.com
>> (for example what if the visibility map fork's last page is overwritten?)
>
> Running on ISCSI, not nfs. But it is still a Netapp, so who knows. I'll look.
> Also, we are not seeing any of the "unexpected data beyond EOF" errors,
> just thousands per day of the PD_ALL_VISIBLE error.
>
> -dg

FWIW, we had a couple occurrences of that message about a month ago on 9.0.2

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2011-01/msg00887.php

Haven't seen it since we ran a cluster-wide vacuum.

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