Re: pg_listener entries deleted under heavy NOTIFY load only on Windows - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Marshall, Steve wrote:
>> Any thoughts on how to confirm or deny Theory A?

> Try changing the 1000 to NMPWAIT_WAIT_FOREVER

As long as you're changing the source code, it'd be a good idea to
verify the supposition that kill() is failing, eg
in src/backend/commands/async.c

            if (kill(listenerPID, SIGUSR2) < 0)
            {
+                elog(LOG, "kill(%d) failed: %m", listenerPID);
                /*
                 * Get rid of pg_listener entry if it refers to a PID that no
                 * longer exists.  Presumably, that backend crashed without
                 * deleting its pg_listener entries. This code used to only


If that's right, sprinkling a few debug printouts into src/port/kill.c
would be the next step.

            regards, tom lane