Re: Background Processes in Postgres Extension

From: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Sushrut Shivaswamy <sushrut(dot)shivaswamy(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Background Processes in Postgres Extension
Date: 2024-04-29 03:43:54
Message-ID: CAExHW5vYrn9To5nDXFM_vvHUjzxBrezYkOKiG1jDTB44f15yxg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 9:26 PM Sushrut Shivaswamy <
sushrut(dot)shivaswamy(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion on using postgres background worker.
>
> I tried creating one following the implementation in worker_spi and am
> able to spawn a background worker successfully.
>
> However, the background worker seems to cause postmaster to crash when I
> wait for it to finish using `WaitForBackgroundWorkerShutdown.
> The function called by the background worker is empty except for logging a
> message to disk.
>

When debugging a crash, backtrace from core dump is useful. if you can
reproduce the crash, running reproduction with gdb attached to a process
intended to crash is more useful.

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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat

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