Re: 9.1.11 - many backends in "semtimedop" syscall - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 12:02:50PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com> writes:
> > I didn't have a chance to do it. Can try if there is a way to get trace
> > *without* making core (sorry, my c/gdb knowledge is very, very limited).
>
> Sure, you just attach to the process:
>
>     $ gdb /path/to/postgres PID-of-process
>     gdb> bt
>     gdb> quit
>
> This is usually preferable to forcing a core dump.

Thank you. If the problem will strike again, I will do it on all (or
most, depending how fast I can make it) backends.

Best regards,

depesz

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