Re: Can't find thread on Linux memory overcommit

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: 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 16:16:29
Message-ID: 200308210916.29790.josh@agliodbs.com
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Guys,

> So there's no need to wonder whether that's a source of trouble for your
> PostgreSQL processes or not; just check the logs. I've had the OOM killer
> go after large Perl processes and X, but never (yet) PostgreSQL, I'm happy
> to say.

Well, sadly, the reason I posted is that I (apparently) had a client's
database fatally corrupted by this problem.

Downloading Alan Cox's patch now ....

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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