| From: | Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
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| To: | "'Norbert Kiam Maclang *EXTERN*'" <norbert(dot)kiam(dot)maclang(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Tainted kernel possible caused by postgresql |
| Date: | 2015-06-09 08:32:23 |
| Message-ID: | A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B3661E46B@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at |
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Norbert Kiam Maclang wrote:
> I've been experiencing tainted kernel which is my guess caused by postgresql and I don't know where to
> start. I also guess that this might be a kernel issue. I tried 3.13.0-49 and 3.13.0-53 but no good
> results. This is happening on 2 of our Ubuntu 14.04.2 servers with postgresql-9.3 version 9.3.5-
> 0ubuntu0.14.04.1. I am also using the same postgresql version and kernel to other 10 14.04.2 servers
> and doesn't seem to encounter this problem. Below is the kernel log:
[...]
> kernel: [653314.516073] CPU: 1 PID: 32055 Comm: postgres Tainted: G W 3.13.0-53-generic #89-Ubuntu
[...]
I don't see how PostgreSQL, which runs entirely in user space, could taint a kernel.
The line above indicates that there has been a kernel warning.
Try to locate it in the kernel log, it might help you understand what has happened.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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