Re: 9.3.9 and pg_multixact corruption

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Bernd Helmle <bernd(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 9.3.9 and pg_multixact corruption
Date: 2015-09-10 22:45:46
Message-ID: 20150910224546.GV2912@alvherre.pgsql
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Bernd Helmle wrote:
> A customer had a severe issue with a PostgreSQL 9.3.9/sparc64/Solaris 11
> instance.
>
> The database crashed with the following log messages:
>
> 2015-09-08 00:49:16 CEST [2912] PANIC: could not access status of
> transaction 1068235595
> 2015-09-08 00:49:16 CEST [2912] DETAIL: Could not open file
> "pg_multixact/members/FFFF5FC4": No such file or directory.
> 2015-09-08 00:49:16 CEST [2912] STATEMENT: delete from StockTransfer
> where oid = $1 and tanum = $2

I wonder if these bogus page and offset numbers are just
SlruReportIOError being confused because pg_multixact/members is so
weird (I don't think it should be the case, since this stuff is using
page numbers only, not anything related to how each page is layed out).

Anyway, can you please request pg_controldata to be run on the failed
cluster and paste it here?

--
Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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