Re: Server Crash - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Server Crash
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Msg-id 22376.1208880418@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Server Crash  ("Hajek, Nick" <Nick.Hajek@Vishay.com>)
Responses Re: Server Crash  ("Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
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> From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
>> Kill -9 is the "shoot it in the head" signal.  It is not
>> generated by postgresql in normal operation.  It can be
>> generated by "pg_ctl -m immediate stop" .  At least I think
>> that's what signal it sends.

Just for the archives: Postgres never generates kill -9 at all.
(Immediate stop uses SIGQUIT, instead.)  When you see that in
the log, you can be sure it was a manual action or the OOM killer.

            regards, tom lane

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