Re: SIGUSR1 pingpong between master na autovacum launcher causes crash - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> Just a confirmation that Alvaro's patch+ReleasePostmasterChildSlot() fix
> solves the problem and PostgreSQL survives well during a memory
> shortages.

So this patch would do it.

I think this stuff about postmaster child slots is later than
launcher/worker split.  I don't recall seeing it before.

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