> I encountered that problem with postmaster and fixed it in 9.4.0 (it's not > back-patched to earlier releases because it's relatively complex). > > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20DAEA8949EC4E2289C6E8E58560DEC0@maumau > > > [Excerpt from 9.4 release note] > During crash recovery or immediate shutdown, send uncatchable termination > signals (SIGKILL) to child processes that do not shut down promptly (MauMau, > Álvaro Herrera) > This reduces the likelihood of leaving orphaned child processes behind after > postmaster shutdown, as well as ensuring that crash recovery can proceed if > some child processes have become “stuck”.
Looks wild to me:-) I hope there exists better way to solve the problem... Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
