RE: [INTERFACES] Seeking advice on how to deal with the dreaded stuck spinlock problem on NT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
> [mailto:owner-pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org]On Behalf Of Dan Rosner
> 
> Does anyone have any advice/suggestions about how to deal with 
> stuck spinlock problems while running postgres 6.5.3
> on cygwin B20?
> 
> Background:
> 
> Running on NT with sp6, I'm using active perl with DBI 
> and DBD-PG to load data into postgres and update some tables 
> every five minutes with a simple batch file that executes my 
> perl scripts.  Everything seems to work well for a few hours,
> but then the backend dies with the dreaded...
>        
> FATAL: s_lock(14490065) at spin.c:125, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
> 
> After this happens, I'm unable to connect to the backend unless I 
> kill and restart the ipc-daemon and postmaster again from the cygwin
> bash prompt.
> 
> I've searched the lists and have seen several references to this problem 
> on NT, but found no clear solution.  Good People, do you have any
> suggestions
> on how to deal with this? 
>

Did you apply the patch to cygipc library ?

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue@tpf.co.jp