Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Ashutosh Bapat > <ashutosh.ba...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: >> Also, many other SIGQUIT handlers like bgworker_quickdie() call >> on_exit_reset() >> followed by exit(2) instead of just exit(1) in pgstat_quickdie(). Why is this >> difference?
> Well, for that, you'd need to look at how postmaster.c treats those > exit codes. exit(2) from a regular backend or background worker will > cause a crash-and-restart cycle; I'm not sure whether the handling for > the stats collector is similar or different. I'm fairly sure it's different --- there are different policies for child processes that aren't connected to shared memory (such as the stats collector) because we shouldn't force a system-wide restart when they crash. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers