Stefan Kaltenbrunner <ste...@kaltenbrunner.cc> writes: > On 06/22/2012 09:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> (Hey Stefan, is there a way on BSD to check a process's signals-blocked >> state from outside? If so, next time this happens you should try to >> determine the children's signal state.)
> with help from RhodiumToad on IRC: > # ps -o pid,sig,sigcatch,sigignore,sigmask,command -p 12480 > PID PENDING CAUGHT IGNORED BLOCKED COMMAND > 12480 20004004 34084005 c942b002 fffefeff postgres: writer process > (postgres) > # ps -o pid,sig,sigcatch,sigignore,sigmask,command -p 9841 > PID PENDING CAUGHT IGNORED BLOCKED COMMAND > 9841 20004004 34084007 c942b000 fffefeff postgres: wal writer process > (postgres) Well, the nonzero PENDING masks sure look like a smoking gun, but why are there multiple pending signals? And I'm not sure I know OpenBSD's signal numbers by heart. Could you convert those masks into text signal name lists for us? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers