Re: COPY FROM command v8.1.4 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

"theman" <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com> writes:
> lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END)                  = 913072128
> write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192
> lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END)                  = 913080320
> write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192
> lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END)                  = 913088512
> write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192
> lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END)                  = 913088512
> write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192
> lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END)                  = 913096704
> write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192

Boy, that looks like a smoking gun to me.  We're dealing with a kernel
bug.

What's the platform here, including the exact kernel version?  What
filesystem are you storing the database on?

            regards, tom lane