Re: BUG #18675: Postgres is not realasing memory causing OOM

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Maciej Jaros <eccenux(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #18675: Postgres is not realasing memory causing OOM
Date: 2024-10-29 16:13:52
Message-ID: 241665.1730218432@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Maciej Jaros <eccenux(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> So, that comment led me to suggest adding some kind of process. I called it
> a garbage collector, but maybe David is right; maybe that’s not accurate.
> Anyway, that process, in my view, could try to actually release memory to
> the system to prevent the OOM killer from doing its bidding. Is that
> possible?

We do not even know what is causing your problem, let alone know a
way that one process could command another one to stop doing it.
So no, this suggestion is not helpful.

regards, tom lane

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