Re: InitBufferPoolAccess crash

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: InitBufferPoolAccess crash
Date: 2006-05-09 21:07:34
Message-ID: 17488.1147208854@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> from /opt/pgsql/installs/postgresql-7.3.4/bin/postmaster
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0x12d288 in InitBufferPoolAccess ()
> from /opt/pgsql/installs/postgresql-7.3.4/bin/postmaster
> Error accessing memory address 0x0: Invalid argument.

Right offhand I'd imagine that the calloc() call failed and returned
NULL --- leastwise it's hard to see how else that routine could crash.
Could your machine be nearly out of memory?

regards, tom lane

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