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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Immortal backend .... (kill -9 ?..)
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In response to Immortal backend .... (kill -9 ?..)  ("Rajesh Kumar Mallah." <mallah@trade-india.com>(by way of Rajesh Kumar Mallah. <mallah@trade-india.com>))
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"Rajesh Kumar Mallah." <mallah@trade-india.com>(by way of Rajesh Kumar Mallah. <mallah@trade-india.com>) writes:
> now even kill -9 <pid of backend> does not releases it below is
> the current status of backends:

I think there is something broken about your system.  It is not normal
to be in a state where you have unkillable processes.  I'm wondering
about disk drive problems leading to I/O requests that never complete,
myself...

            regards, tom lane

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