RE: BUG #18165: Could not duplicate handle for "Global/PostgreSQL.xxxxxxxxxx": Bad file descriptor

You guys are good! I did set min_dynamic_shared_memory to 2 GB in the new config, which didn't exist on 11. I can set it to 0 and give it a try on Tuesday. Does 2 GB seem overkill? We have plenty of memory to go by.

dynamic_shared_memory_type = windows # the default is the first option
# supported by the operating system:
# posix
# sysv
# windows
# mmap
# (change requires restart)
min_dynamic_shared_memory = 2GB # (change requires restart)

Thanks!
Maxime

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion(at)gmail(dot)com>
Sent: October 21, 2023 2:30 AM
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>; Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>; Boyer, Maxime (he/him | il/lui) <Maxime(dot)Boyer(at)cra-arc(dot)gc(dot)ca>; pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #18165: Could not duplicate handle for "Global/PostgreSQL.xxxxxxxxxx": Bad file descriptor

Hi Thomas,

21.10.2023 08:26, Thomas Munro wrote:
> And concretely this would be the fix, I think. But I don't have
> Windows, and for reasons I haven't fathomed I haven't yet managed to
> reproduce it by pushing a change of default min_dynamic_shared_memory
> to CI. Is there any chance that a Postgres hacker on Windows could
> confirm the above theory, and that the attached fixes it?

I've tried on master:
echo min_dynamic_shared_memory = 10MB >c:\temp\extra.config set TEMP_CONFIG=c:\temp\extra.config vcregress check

and got:
...
Installation complete.
# initializing database system by running initdb # postmaster failed, examine ".../src/test/regress/log/postmaster.log" for the reasonBail out!

>cat ../../../src/test/regress/log/postmaster.log
2023-10-20 23:12:46.110 PDT postmaster[3140] LOG: starting PostgreSQL 17devel, compiled by Visual C++ build 1928, 64-bit
2023-10-20 23:12:46.113 PDT postmaster[3140] LOG: listening on IPv6 address "::1", port 55312
2023-10-20 23:12:46.113 PDT postmaster[3140] LOG: listening on IPv4 address "127.0.0.1", port 55312
2023-10-20 23:12:46.129 PDT startup[6188] LOG: database system was shut down at 2023-10-20 23:12:41 PDT
2023-10-20 23:12:46.130 PDT startup[6188] FATAL: could not duplicate handle for "Global/PostgreSQL.753594369": Bad file descriptor
2023-10-20 23:12:46.132 PDT postmaster[3140] LOG: startup process (PID 6188) exited with exit code 1
2023-10-20 23:12:46.132 PDT postmaster[3140] LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
2023-10-20 23:12:46.132 PDT postmaster[3140] LOG: database system is shut down

With your patch applied, `vcregress check` passes just fine.

Best regards,
Alexander