Re: kill -KILL: What happens? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: kill -KILL: What happens?
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Msg-id 28665.1294946504@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: kill -KILL: What happens?  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: kill -KILL: What happens?  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> I get that we can't prevent all pilot error, but I was hoping we could
> bullet-proof this a little more, especially in light of a certain
> extremely popular server OS's OOM killer's default behavior.

> Yes, I get that that behavior is crazy, and stupid, and that people
> should shut it off, but it *is* our problem if we let the postmaster
> start (or continue) when it's set that way.

Packagers who are paying attention have fixed that ;-)
        regards, tom lane


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