Re: [HACKERS] stats collector causes shared-memory-block leakage

2003-11-07 Thread Tom Lane
Jan Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> The attached patch fixes the problem by causing the stats collector to >> detach from shared memory, which it isn't using anyway. > I seem to recall there once was a pipe from the postmaster to the stat's > processes and closing that will

Re: [HACKERS] stats collector causes shared-memory-block leakage

2003-11-07 Thread Jan Wieck
Tom Lane wrote: While investigating Scott Goodwin's recent report of trouble on Mac OS X, I have realized that we have an unpleasant little misbehavior in our last several releases. After a backend crash, the postmaster will attempt to recycle (delete and recreate) the old shared memory segment.

[HACKERS] stats collector causes shared-memory-block leakage

2003-11-06 Thread Tom Lane
While investigating Scott Goodwin's recent report of trouble on Mac OS X, I have realized that we have an unpleasant little misbehavior in our last several releases. After a backend crash, the postmaster will attempt to recycle (delete and recreate) the old shared memory segment. However, if the s