Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes:
> > Robert Haas wrote:
> >> Yeah, that seems very plausible, although exactly how to verify I don't 
> >> know.
> 
> > And here is confirmation from the Microsoft web site:
>       
> >     In some instances, calling GetExitCode() against the failed process
> >     indicates the following exit code:
> >     128L ERROR_WAIT_NO_CHILDREN - There are no child processes to wait for. 
> 
> Given the existence of the deadman switch mechanism (which I hadn't
> remembered when this thread started), I'm coming around to the idea that
> we could just treat exit(128) as nonfatal on Windows.  If for some
> reason the child hadn't died instantly at startup, the deadman switch
> would distinguish that from the case described here.

Here is a more detailed explaination of the failure and its relation to
desktop heap:

        http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=184802

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