Re: [pgsql-patches] xlog lockup patch (was: BUG #2712:

It was considered too risky to backpatch because we couldn't do
sufficient testing.

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TANIDA Yutaka wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:33:33 -0500 (EST)
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> > Thomas H. wrote:
> > > me wrote:
> > > > i've loaded 1gb of data without any xlog-problems, whereas with the 8.2b2
> > > > executable it locked up after ~100mb. the xlog-files are cycling...
> > > >
> > > > if i need to test for some specific behaviour let me know.
> > >
> > > what's the status on this patch for inclusion in future 8.2 builds? would be
> > > nice to see it in b4 or rc1...
> >
> > This was fixed the day after we packaged beta3:
> >
> >     revision 1.44
> >     date: 2006/11/08 20:12:05;  author: tgl;  state: Exp;  lines: +20 -48
> >     Change Windows rename and unlink substitutes so that they time out after
> >     30 seconds instead of retrying forever.  Also modify xlog.c so that if
> >     it fails to rename an old xlog segment up to a future slot, it will
> >     unlink the segment instead.  Per discussion of bug #2712, in which it
> >     became apparent that Windows can handle unlinking a file that's being
> >     held open, but not renaming it.
> >
> > beta4 will have the fix.
>
> Are there any plan to  backport this patch for 8.1/8.0 server ?
>
> My customer has same problem in 8.1.5 , but this bug doesn't seems to
> be fixed in 8.1.6 .
>
> Backport patch for 8.1.6 attached.
>
> Sorry for replying old mail.
>
> --
> TANIDA Yutaka <tanida@sraoss.co.jp>

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