Re: [HACKERS] Ack...major(?) bug just found in v6.3.1...

From: "Vadim B(dot) Mikheev" <vadim(at)sable(dot)krasnoyarsk(dot)su>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Ack...major(?) bug just found in v6.3.1...
Date: 1998-04-07 01:39:02
Message-ID: 352983B6.E3883767@sable.krasnoyarsk.su
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The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> acctng=> vacuum radlog;
> NOTICE: BlowawayRelationBuffers(radlog, 3): block 786 is referenced
> (private 0, last 0, global 53)
^^^^^^^^^
I assume that you got some FATAL before vacuum.

We have problems with elog(FATAL): backend just exits (with normal code)
and postmaster doesn't re-initialize shmem etc though backend could
have some spinlocks and pinned buffers. This leaves system in unpredictable
state!

IMO, in elog(FATAL) backend should abort() (just like in ASSERT).

> FATAL 1: VACUUM (vc_rpfheap): BlowawayRelationBuffers returned -2
> acctng=>
>
> Just got this on one of my tables...indices are all dropped before doing
> the vacuum...

Comments ?

Vadim

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