On 2014-01-23 13:56:49 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > IMHO we need to resolve the deadlock inherent in the > disk-full/WALlock-up/checkpoint situation. My view is that can be > solved in a similar way to the way the buffer pin deadlock was > resolved for Hot Standby.
I don't think that approach works here. We're not talking about mere buffer pins but the big bad exclusively locked buffer which is held by a backend in a critical section. Killing such a backend costs you a PANIC. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
