Re: [HACKERS] NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock

From: wieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck)
To: emkxp01(at)mtcc(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk
Cc: pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us, wieck(at)debis(dot)com, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
Date: 1999-12-17 23:37:19
Message-ID: m11z6w3-0003kKC@orion.SAPserv.Hamburg.dsh.de
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

>
> wieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck)
> >
> >Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> >> > wieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck)
> >> > >Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> > NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
> >> > >> > (Otherwise the tests all passed.)
> >>
> >> Has anyone used CVS -D date to backtrack to the date it first started?
> >
> > It also spit out a "Buffer leak" message once for me today.
> > Did not appear again. But be warned.
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I reduced the tests to just 2 parallel, varchar and text.
> (These 2 did seem to fail regularly)
>
> Here's the results.
>
> =============== Removing old ./tmp_check directory ... ================
> =============== Create ./tmp_check directory ================
> =============== Installing new build into ./tmp_check ================
> =============== Initializing check database instance ================
> =============== Starting regression postmaster ================
> Regression postmaster is running - PID=28405 PGPORT=65432
> =============== Creating regression database... ================
> CREATE DATABASE
> =============== Installing PL/pgSQL... ================
> =============== Running regression queries... ================
> parallel group1 (2 tests) ...
> text varchar
> test varchar ... ok
> test text ... FAILED
> =============== Terminating regression postmaster ================
> ACTUAL RESULTS OF REGRESSION TEST ARE NOW IN FILES run_check.out
> AND regress.out
>
> To run the optional big test(s) too, type 'make bigcheck'
> These big tests can take over an hour to complete
> These actually are: numeric_big
>
> ** So only "text" failed, here's the differences.
>
> bash-2.03$ ./checkresults
> ====== text ======
> 0a1,2
> > NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
> > NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
>
> ** Two notices.
>
> bash-2.03$ cat tmp_check/log/postmaster.log
> DEBUG: Data Base System is starting up at Fri Dec 17 22:40:10 1999
> DEBUG: Data Base System was shutdowned at Fri Dec 17 22:40:09 1999
> DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (0, 776)
> DEBUG: Redo record at (0, 776); Undo record at (0, 0)
> DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 15907; NextOid: 0
> DEBUG: Invalid NextTransactionId/NextOid
> DEBUG: Data Base System is in production state at Fri Dec 17 22:40:10 1999
> NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
> NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
> Smart Shutdown request at Fri Dec 17 22:40:24 1999
> DEBUG: Data Base System is shutting down at Fri Dec 17 22:40:24 1999
> DEBUG: Data Base System is shutdowned at Fri Dec 17 22:40:24 1999
> bash-2.03$
>
> Nothing unusual in the postmaster log. (except the notices)
>
> ** Look at the "text.sql" tests though, there's hardly enough
> ** scope for a couple of lock problems!!
>
>
> -- *************testing built-in type text ****************
>
> SELECT 'this is a text string'::text = 'this is a text string'::text AS true;
>
> SELECT 'this is a text string'::text = 'this is a text strin'::text AS false;
>
> CREATE TABLE TEXT_TBL (f1 text);
>
> INSERT INTO TEXT_TBL VALUES ('doh!');
> INSERT INTO TEXT_TBL VALUES ('hi de ho neighbor');
>
> SELECT '' AS two, * FROM TEXT_TBL;
>
> ** Now here's the odd thing, the notices are lines 1 and 2 in the
> ** results output file, apparently before the backend has done
> ** any real work.
>
> NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
> NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
> QUERY: SELECT 'this is a text string'::text = 'this is a text string'::text AS t
> rue;
> true
> ----
> t
> (1 row)
>
>
> ** Maybe this is buffering? I don't know.
>
> ** I don't think I have the skills to find the problem but hope
> ** this may give someone a useful lead.
>
> Keith.
>
>
>

--

#======================================================================#
# It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. #
# Let's break this rule - forgive me. #
#========================================= wieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck) #

In response to

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 1999-12-17 23:39:21 Re: [HACKERS] NOTICE: LockRelease: locktable lookup failed, no lock
Previous Message Tom Lane 1999-12-17 23:34:25 Anyone for prettyprinted EXPLAIN VERBOSE?