Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 893219FB2F4 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:18:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 88178-06 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:18:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F31039FB2CC for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:18:29 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9AHIS2T026124; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:18:28 -0400 (EDT) To: Tobias Brox cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: long running transactions In-reply-to: <20061010171304.GC5360@oppetid.no> References: <20061010161027.GA18908@oppetid.no> <25404.1160497420@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20061010163913.GA8097@oppetid.no> <20061010164142.GA5360@oppetid.no> <25631.1160498572@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20061010170639.GB5360@oppetid.no> <25953.1160500192@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20061010171304.GC5360@oppetid.no> Comments: In-reply-to Tobias Brox message dated "Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:13:04 +0200" Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:18:27 -0400 Message-ID: <26123.1160500707@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200610/200 X-Sequence-Number: 21329 Tobias Brox writes: > [Tom Lane - Tue at 01:09:52PM -0400] >> Hmph. Is the autovac process actually doing anything (strace would be >> revealing)? If not, can you attach to the autovac process with gdb and >> get a stack trace to see where it's blocked? > Sorry ... I SIGINT'ed it, and now it's gone :-( I thought reloading the > config would restart autovacuum. It'll come back after the autovacuum naptime. If it gets stuck again, please investigate. regards, tom lane