Re: max_connections reached in postgres 9.3.3

Erik van Zijst  writes:
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Merlin Moncure  wrote:
>> In your case user% is dominating system load.  Along with the high cs
>> this is really suggesting spinlock contention.  A 'perf top' is
>> essential for identifying the culprit.  It's very possible that 9.4
>> will fix your problem...see:
>> http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Cpu-usage-100-on-slave-s-lock-problem-td5768655.html.
>> There was some poorly optimized code in the wal replay.

> Did that patch go in? The mailing list thread doesn't seem conclusive.

A descendant patch was applied:

http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commitdiff&h=1a3d104475ce01326fc00601ed66ac4d658e37e5

but that's only in 9.4, not any earlier branches.

			regards, tom lane