On 2015-10-14 17:33:01 +0900, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI wrote: > If I recall correctly, he concerned about killing the backends > running transactions which could be saved. I have a sympathy with > the opinion.
I still don't. Leaving backends alive after postmaster has died prevents the auto-restart mechanism to from working from there on. Which means that we'll potentially continue happily after another backend has PANICed and potentially corrupted shared memory. Which isn't all that unlikely if postmaster isn't around anymore. Andres -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
