From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Server Crash
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:06:58 -0400
Message-ID: <22376.1208880418@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AFD16ED07E37C64D963DA24840AA31F2035248C5@EVSCO01.na.vishayint.com>
References: <AFD16ED07E37C64D963DA24840AA31F2035248C5@EVSCO01.na.vishayint.com>
> From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
>> Kill -9 is the "shoot it in the head" signal. It is not
>> generated by postgresql in normal operation. It can be
>> generated by "pg_ctl -m immediate stop" . At least I think
>> that's what signal it sends.
Just for the archives: Postgres never generates kill -9 at all.
(Immediate stop uses SIGQUIT, instead.) When you see that in
the log, you can be sure it was a manual action or the OOM killer.
regards, tom lane
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