BUG #5965: PostgreSQL crashes during connection

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 5965
Logged by: Daniel Migowski
Email address: dmigowski(at)ikoffice(dot)de
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.9
Operating system: Windows 7
Description: PostgreSQL crashes during connection
Details:

Hi,

My PostgreSQL server just crashed during an attempt to connect to it
(multiple times at once, a connection pool just started up).

These lines were found in the logfile afterwards:

2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [2860] LOG: server process (PID 19812) was
terminated by exception 0xC000012D
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [2860] HINT: See C include file "ntstatus.h" for a
description of the hexadecimal value.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [2860] LOG: terminating any other active server
processes
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [12208] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [12208] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [12208] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [23548] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [23548] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [23548] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [24024] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [24024] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [24024] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [120] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [120] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [120] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [10948] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [10948] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [10948] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [26172] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [26172] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [26172] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [12176] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [12176] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [12176] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [3420] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [3420] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [3420] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [11184] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [11184] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [11184] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [7664] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [7664] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [7664] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [23716] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [23716] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [23716] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [15424] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [15424] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [15424] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [18384] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [18384] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [18384] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [9272] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [9272] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [9272] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [13448] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [13448] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [13448] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [14496] WARNING: terminating connection because of
crash of another server process
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [14496] DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this
server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
memory.
2011-04-06 11:38:03 CEST [14496] HINT: In a moment you should be able to
reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [15020] LOG: loaded library
"$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll"
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [13480] LOG: loaded library
"$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll"
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [20124] LOG: loaded library
"$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll"
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [17376] LOG: loaded library
"$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll"
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [13480] LOG: connection received:
host=helena.ikoffice.de port=58369
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [20124] LOG: connection received:
host=helena.ikoffice.de port=58371
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [20124] FATAL: the database system is in recovery
mode
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [13480] FATAL: the database system is in recovery
mode
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [17376] LOG: connection received:
host=helena.ikoffice.de port=58370
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [17376] FATAL: the database system is in recovery
mode
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [2860] LOG: all server processes terminated;
reinitializing
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [2860] FATAL: could not create shared memory
segment: 1455
2011-04-06 11:38:04 CEST [2860] DETAIL: Failed system call was
CreateFileMapping(size=787668992, name=Global/PostgreSQL:C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data).

I get these crashes occasionally, and don't know if they have been fixed in
a later version. Sorry for not using the bleeding edge version :).