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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BUG #2257: Can' stop server while autovacuum is running
Date
Msg-id 200602241229.k1OCTTJ27000@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #2257: Can' stop server while autovacuum is running  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "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.

Good catch.  I have heard index creation doesn't cancel easily, but
never investigated.

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