We've seen several occurrences of $subject in the buildfarm in the past
month or so. Scraping the logs, I find
coypu | 2018-06-14 21:17:49 | HEAD | Check | 2018-06-14 23:31:44.505 CEST [5b22deb8.30e1:124] ERROR:
couldnot read block 3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
coypu | 2018-06-14 21:17:49 | HEAD | Check | 2018-06-14 23:31:44.653 CEST [5b22deb8.6d4d:132] ERROR:
couldnot read block 3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
gull | 2018-06-21 04:02:11 | HEAD | Check | 2018-06-20 21:27:06.843 PDT [31138:3] FATAL: could not read
block3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
mandrill | 2018-06-22 16:14:16 | HEAD | Check | 2018-06-22 16:46:24.138 UTC [14353240:43]
pg_regress/create_table_likeERROR: could not read block 3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
mandrill | 2018-06-22 16:14:16 | HEAD | Check | 2018-06-22 16:46:24.137 UTC [20710034:1] ERROR: could not
readblock 3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
lapwing | 2018-07-05 07:20:02 | HEAD | Check | 2018-07-05 07:21:45.585 UTC [24022:1] ERROR: could not read
block3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
lapwing | 2018-07-05 07:20:02 | HEAD | Check | 2018-07-05 07:21:45.591 UTC [23941:39]
pg_regress/roleattributesERROR: could not read block 3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
mantid | 2018-07-17 01:20:04 | REL_11_STABLE | Check | 2018-07-16 21:21:32.557 EDT [26072:1] ERROR: could not read
block3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
mantid | 2018-07-17 01:20:04 | REL_11_STABLE | Check | 2018-07-16 21:21:32.557 EDT [25990:82] ERROR: could not read
block3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
coypu | 2018-07-17 01:27:39 | HEAD | Check | 2018-07-17 03:47:26.264 CEST [5b4d4aa4.3ac4:71] ERROR: could
notread block 3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
coypu | 2018-07-20 11:18:02 | HEAD | Check | 2018-07-20 13:32:14.104 CEST [5b51c833.4884:131] ERROR:
couldnot read block 3 in file "base/16384/2662": read only 0 of 8192 bytes
While I didn't go back indefinitely far, there are no other occurrences of
"could not read block" failures in the last three months. This suggests
strongly that we broke something in early June. Don't know what though.
Ideas?
In case anyone's wondering, 2662 is pg_class_oid_index.
regards, tom lane
