Re: Win32 hard crash problem

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Win32 hard crash problem
Date: 2006-10-01 22:45:57
Message-ID: 45204525.8000403@commandprompt.com
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> That log entry is the last (of consequence) entry before
>> the machine says:
>>> 2006-09-28 16:40:36.921 LOG: received fast shutdown request
>> Oh? That's pretty interesting on a Windows machine, because
>> AFAIK there wouldn't be any standard mechanism that might tie
>> into our homegrown signal facility. Anyone have a theory on
>> what might trigger a SIGINT to the postmaster, other than
>> intentional pg_ctl invocation?
>
> pg_ctl will send SIGINT to the postmaster when the service is stopped,
> or when windows is shutting down.

O.k. that pretty much confirms my suspicion then. The SIGINT likely came
from the user rebooting windows.

>
> Do you get anything about the postgresql service in the eventlog within
> say a minute of this happening? (before or after)

Too late to say now :( I will have to follow up with them.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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