On 15 January 2012 07:26, Peter Geoghegan <pe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > Build Postgres master, on Linux or another platform that will use the > poll() implementation rather than the older select(). Send the > Postmaster SIGKILL. Observe that the WAL Writer lives on, representing > a denial of service as it stays attached to shared memory, busy > waiting (evident from the fact that it quickly leaks memory).
Correction: The CPU usage % approaches 100. -- Peter Geoghegan http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers