Re: BUG #16427: pgsql_tmp - temp files not released - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: BUG #16427: pgsql_tmp - temp files not released
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Msg-id 20200511061034.GB88791@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: BUG #16427: pgsql_tmp - temp files not released  (Euler Taveira <euler.taveira@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #16427: pgsql_tmp - temp files not released  (Murali Natti <murali.natti@gmail.com>)
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On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 10:48:58AM -0300, Euler Taveira wrote:
> I wonder if a GUC (cleanup_temp_files_after_crash) is useful for an
> environment that has storage restrictions. This is the second time this
> month that I stumbled on this issue. Of course, I don't expect a postgres
> crash once a while but we know that, due to extensibility, some extensions
> could crash and the only workaround to this issue is to restart service
> (which means a human intervention and an additional downtime).

Sounds like a fair concern to me.  It is annoying to have to do some
manual intervention for some environments under disk pressure.
--
Michael

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