Re: rogue process maxing cpu and unresponsive to signals

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jon Jensen <jon(at)jenseng(dot)com>
Cc: "Decibel!" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: rogue process maxing cpu and unresponsive to signals
Date: 2007-08-16 14:28:19
Message-ID: 3167.1187274499@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jon Jensen <jon(at)jenseng(dot)com> writes:
> Yeah, if there's any information I can furnish that would help determine
> where it's getting stuck, let me know. I'm not really sure how to gain
> any visibility into what the process is doing at this point.

If my theory is right that it's stuck in a kernel call, then *maybe*
"strace -p pid" would show the suspended call. Or maybe not. Probably
worth trying if you haven't rebooted yet.

regards, tom lane

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