Re: Vacuum full hang => strace

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Gaetano Mendola" <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Vacuum full hang => strace
Date: 2003-02-03 14:32:27
Message-ID: 14053.1044282747@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Gaetano Mendola" <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com> writes:
> gettimeofday({1044264831, 559402}, NULL) = 0
> setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={1, 0}},
> {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={0, 0}}) = 0
> semop(21037068, 0xbfffed00, 1) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call)
> --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) ---
> sigreturn() = ? (mask now [])
> semop(21037068, 0xbfffed00, 1

> that's all, after this remain there for ever.

Looks like my guess was right: it's waiting for some other process to
release a lock. Check for open transactions that have accessed the
table in question.

regards, tom lane

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