Re: BUG #1158: tsearch2 trigger crashes machine - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #1158: tsearch2 trigger crashes machine
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Msg-id 7107.1085978712@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #1158: tsearch2 trigger crashes machine  ("PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: BUG #1158: tsearch2 trigger crashes machine  (Werner Bohl <wbohl@deepdata.com>)
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"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
> Linux is severly affected and the machine needs a RESET to be able to boot.
> (shutdown nor init 6 work!!)

Sure you're not looking at hardware problems?  PG should certainly not
be able to crash a properly functioning kernel (since PG isn't a
privileged process) and I haven't heard many complaints against later
2.4 series kernels either.  My money is on flaky hardware...

            regards, tom lane

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