Re: Postmaster fails in select() in strange way

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zbigniew Zagórski <zbigg(at)filmzone(dot)pl>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postmaster fails in select() in strange way
Date: 2005-08-18 18:06:45
Message-ID: 9491.1124388405@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Zbigniew_Zag=F3rski?= <zbigg(at)filmzone(dot)pl> writes:
> postgres[89874]: [1-1] LOG: XX000: select() failed in postmaster: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Wow, that's bizarre.

> After closing all connections, postmaster exits leaving no message in
> logs - these above are last before postmaster dies.

Yeah, the postmaster just throws up its hands and quits. Everything
you've said follows directly from the unexpected select() failure.

> Does it look like OS or PostgreSQL bug?

I'd say definitely an OS bug. Time to enlist some FreeBSD hackers.

regards, tom lane

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