Re: BUG #2257: Can' stop server while autovacuum is running - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #2257: Can' stop server while autovacuum is running
Date
Msg-id 19512.1139937764@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #2257: Can' stop server while autovacuum is running  ("Evgeny Gridasov" <eugrid@fpm.kubsu.ru>)
Responses Re: BUG #2257: Can' stop server while autovacuum is running
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"Evgeny Gridasov" <eugrid@fpm.kubsu.ru> writes:
> autovacuum process (when active) did not respond to kill (TERM). Only kill
> -9 helped to stop autovacuum process.

autovacuum does respond to shutdown requests, but in poking at this I
found that btree index vacuuming may fail to notice a pending interrupt
for long periods, if you've got large indexes.  I've committed a fix
for that.

            regards, tom lane

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