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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:11:39 +0200
From: Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Jon Jensen <jon@endpoint.com>,
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Subject: Re: Can't find thread on Linux memory overcommit
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:04:13PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> > Well, sadly, the reason I posted is that I (apparently) had a client's 
> > database fatally corrupted by this problem.  
> 
> "Fatally corrupted"?  That should not happen --- at worst, an OOM kill
> should lose your current sessions.  We need more details.

Even if it kills the postmaster?


Kurt