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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Problems restarting after database crashed (signal 11).
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Msg-id 21760.1088653824@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Problems restarting after database crashed (signal 11).  (Christopher Cashell <topher-pgsql@zyp.org>)
Responses Re: Problems restarting after database crashed (signal 11).  (Christopher Cashell <topher-pgsql@zyp.org>)
Re: Problems restarting after database crashed (signal 11).  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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Christopher Cashell <topher-pgsql@zyp.org> writes:
> 28424 postgres  18   0 16804 3044  15m D  0.0  1.6   0:06.72 postmaster

> Note that it does have a process status of 'D', or uninterruptible
> sleep.  That would explain the unkillable part, though I'm curious how
> it ended up there.

Perhaps I'm just of an older generation, but I always thought 'D' meant
"disk I/O wait".  Which definitely is uninterruptible on most Unixen.

            regards, tom lane

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