Re: Can't find thread on Linux memory overcommit

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: 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 17:04:13
Message-ID: 14228.1061485453@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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.

regards, tom lane

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