Re: BUG #7914: pg_dump aborts occasionally

>>> Hm.  Can you create a reproducible test case for this?
>> I think this issue happens when pg_dump is slower than the backend
>> for some reason.
> 
> If so, perhaps injecting a sleep() delay into the right place in pg_dump
> or libpq would make it reproducible?  I wouldn't have any problem
> crediting a test with such modified code as being a valid test.

I think it's a good idea.
Although I can not confirm this by actually modifying the code right now,
somewhere in the loop calling PQgetCopyData() in pg_dump.c would be good.

pg_dump.c:
1348: for (;;)
1349: {
1350:     ret = PQgetCopyData(conn, ©buf, 0);
1351:
1352:     if (ret < 0)
1353:         break;              /* done or error */
1354:
1355:     if (copybuf)
1356:     {
1357:         WriteData(fout, copybuf, ret);
1358:         PQfreemem(copybuf);
1359:     }
          sleep(1); /* maybe */

An alternative way would be running pg_dump with a lower priority.
Actually, I can reproduce this issue by setting the priority of
pg_dump to Low using Windows Task Manager
on the "single processor" environment.

Regards,
Shin-ichi MORITA