Re: backend exit mystery

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ed Loehr <ed(at)LoehrTech(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: backend exit mystery
Date: 2003-10-14 21:04:19
Message-ID: 9569.1066165459@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ed Loehr <ed(at)LoehrTech(dot)com> writes:
> Attached is a small C program that reliably reproduces this=20
> problem on the setup above. I added an explicit timeout to PQconnectdb()=
> to wait only 30 seconds. I'm curious to know if anyone can easily repeat=
> the problem (careful, it will generate a bit of traffic, cpu load, and run=
> forever). My last example run showed 17 timeouts seemingly randomly=20
> dispersed among 5000 consecutive connection attempts.=20=20

I tried to duplicate the problem, without success --- 20000 connection
attempts without failure. Setup is HPUX 10.20 client, RHL8 server
(2.4.18-24.8.0 kernel); but it's a single-processor machine, not dual as
in your example. I was using CVS-tip PG sources, also.

regards, tom lane

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