Re: interesting SIGNAL 10 (BUSERR) on CVS

--On Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:59:43 -0500 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
wrote:

> Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> writes:
>> I got the following:
>
>> $ debug -ic -c core* /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres
>> Warning: No debugging information in /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres
>> Core image of postgres (process p1) created
>> CORE FILE [_bt_getroot]
>> SIGNALED 10 (bus code[BUS_OBJERR] address[0xbb12c550]) in p1
>> 0x808f057 (_bt_getroot+135:) movzwl 16(%edi),%edx
>
> Is it repeatable? It's hard to see how _bt_getroot() could core
> except maybe in the presence of serious data corruption in the index ...
it happened once, and postgres did a restart. The cronjob that triggered
it (WebCalendar's sendreminders script), has run since. So, I don't know.

I just thought it was weird.

LER

--
Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler(at)lerctr(dot)org
US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749