Re: [HACKERS] posmaster failed under high load

> Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes:
> > That's why I noticed 10 or more (postmaster) processes, which eventually
> > gone after 30-40 minutes.
> 
> Could those be new backends that have been forked off the main
> postmaster, but haven't yet gotten around to changing their ps info?
> I'm not sure what would block a new backend for many minutes before
> it did that, however.  Can you attach to one of these processes with
> a debugger and get a backtrace to show what it's doing?

I can't imagine what they would be waiting for, but it seems like a good
guess.


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