Re: [External] Re: standby replication server throws invalid memory alloc request size , does not start up

From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Rui DeSousa <rui(at)crazybean(dot)net>, Vijaykumar Jain <vjain(at)opentable(dot)com>, "pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [External] Re: standby replication server throws invalid memory alloc request size , does not start up
Date: 2018-06-28 16:43:16
Message-ID: FE27233A-B777-4292-B560-E0EBA251D22F@elevated-dev.com
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> On Jun 28, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
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> How are you making the inference that that's the problem? It could very
> well be a postgres bug or somebody having used pg_resetxlog or.. ?

There could always be a postgres bug, however misconfigured cache layers are a very common cause of this kind of symptom, and postgres bugs very rare.

I don't believe pg_resetxlog would cause this particular problem. Failure to recovery yes, but not illegal memory operation.

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