Re: ERROR: unexpected data beyond EOF

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ERROR: unexpected data beyond EOF
Date: 2015-04-30 17:28:32
Message-ID: 20150430172832.GS4369@alvh.no-ip.org
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> Alright folks,
>
> So I have this error:
>
> postgres[21118]: [8-1] ERROR: unexpected data beyond EOF
> in block 9 of relation base/430666195/430666206
>
> Which produces this lovely hint:
>
> postgres[21118]: [8-2] HINT: This has been seen to occur with buggy
> kernels; consider updating your system.
>
> However, the problem is, all relevant information we can find is Linux/NFS
> based.

I have vague recollections of seeing this relatively recently on tables
that were truncated often. Is that the case here?

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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