Re: 9.1.3 backends getting stuck in 'startup'

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Frost <jeff(at)pgexperts(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 9.1.3 backends getting stuck in 'startup'
Date: 2012-04-27 19:27:11
Message-ID: 25861.1335554831@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff Frost <jeff(at)pgexperts(dot)com> writes:
> Any idea what I should be looking for in the backtraces?

> I would imagine I can ignore any that are in InitPostgres, but that still
> leaves quite a few to look through.

I think you can probably skip all that are blocked in LWLockAcquire
called from bufmgr.c:531, at least for a first pass. Calls from
elsewhere in bufmgr.c might be more interesting, and anything that's not
blocked at an LWLockAcquire at all might be even more interesting.

regards, tom lane

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