Re: pg_restore hangs on 'some' HP-UX machines

I don't have any experience on HP-UX so take this with a grain of salt...



Gopal Srinivasa wrote:

>The 'funny' thing is that it works perfectly on some HP-UX systems and hangs
>on some others. I've seen it happen on both IA and PA architectures. Also,
>sometimes deleting some strings and restoring works, but the process is not
>repeatable.
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I am assuming you are using ECC RAM, and that the hardware is good.  If
there is any doubt here, you may want to look into diagnostics on these
areas.

Just checking obvious things:  Same version of libc on both working and
nonworking systems?  Any updates that you know of on working computers
that are not on nonworking systems?   What about the kernel (for socket
handling)?  Any difference there?

>I attached gdb to the pg_restore process and here is the output of "bt":
>
>(gdb) attach 9249
>Attaching to program: /opt/iexpress/postgresql/bin/pg_restore, process 9249
>0x60000000c058d890:0 in _poll_sys+0x30 () from /usr/lib/hpux32/libc.so.1
>(gdb) bt
>#0  0x60000000c058d890:0 in _poll_sys+0x30 () from /usr/lib/hpux32/libc.so.1
>#1  0x60000000c05a2860:0 in poll+0x120 () from /usr/lib/hpux32/libc.so.1
>#2  0x60000000c189ee90:0 in pqSocketPoll+0x120 ()
>   from /usr/lib/hpux32/libpq.so.3
>
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So basically it is hanging when writing to the socket. Does this change
if you use TCP/IP (say adding a -h localhost to your commandline)?

In combination with the error about incomming connections, I wonder if
something is up with the socket handling on the affected systems...

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
Metatron Technology Consulting