Re: windows doesn't notice backend death

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: windows doesn't notice backend death
Date: 2009-05-02 20:38:48
Message-ID: 21754.1241296728@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> ... I killed a backend using the task manager, and
> the postmaster never noticed.

Ick. Is it possible that the postmaster did get a report, but thought
it was normal session termination? If so, how could we distinguish?

regards, tom lane

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