Re: Total crash of my db-server - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Total crash of my db-server
Date
Msg-id 5403.1040051480@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Total crash of my db-server  ("Henrik Steffen" <steffen@city-map.de>)
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"Henrik Steffen" <steffen@city-map.de> writes:
> In my opinion, postgresql does something on my machine
> that leads to these complete system lockups.

Once again: postgres is an unprivileged application.  It can *not* lock
up the machine that way.  You're dealing with either a hardware fault
or a kernel bug --- evidently one that only appears under heavy load,
but that doesn't make it postgres' fault.

I'd suggest asking some kernel hackers for debugging help.

            regards, tom lane

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