Re: Re: BUG #14098: misleading message "out of shared memory" when lock table space exhausted

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> Date: Tue=2C 19 Apr 2016 12:48:55 -0700=0A=
> From: daveg@sonic.net=0A=
> To: johnlumby@hotmail.com=0A=
> CC: tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us=3B pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org=0A=
> Subject: Re: [BUGS] Re: BUG #14098: misleading message "out of shared mem=
ory" when lock table space exhausted=0A=
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> On Tue=2C 19 Apr 2016 13:36:35 -0400=0A=
> John Lumby <johnlumby@hotmail.com> wrote:=0A=
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>> I now see that as you've explained=2C  the words=0A=
>>             out of shared memory=0A=
>> are not wrong.   However=2C   I think it may be more helpful to change t=
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>>            lock table space is exhausted=0A=
>> as I previously suggested.=0A=
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> There are reasons besides locks that can lead to consuming all the alloca=
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> shared memory. A message that specifically blamed locks would actively mi=
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> a user who was trying to diagnose one of the less common cases.=0A=
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That may well be true=2C=A0 but in my original bug report I specifically si=
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messages originating from the lock manager which are in fact referring to a=
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to allocate space for a new lock=A0 :=0A=
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If postgresql exhausts the space reserved for locks=2C=0A=
whose size is defined by =0A=
 max_locks_per_transaction *=0A=
  =A0(max_connections + max_prepared_transactions)=0A=
locks=2C then it issues this message :=0A=
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psql: FATAL:  out of shared memory=0A=
HINT:  You might need to increase max_locks_per_transaction.[ ... ]=0A=
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I believe all cases of this msg are in=0A=
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c___________________________________________=
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Perhaps in view of your comment I should reword this as :=0A=
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whenever lock manager issues a message relating to failure to=0A=
allocate space for a lock =2C  then [ suggestion as before ]=0A=
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> David Gould daveg@sonic.net=0A=
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