| From: | "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: InitBufferPoolAccess crash |
| Date: | 2006-05-09 23:07:35 |
| Message-ID: | 200605091707.35542.pgsql@bluepolka.net |
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On Tuesday May 9 2006 3:07 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> "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?
Quite likely. It turns out we had a rogue spike of 1400
processes at that time, so that makes perfect sense.
Thanks,
Ed
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