Re: shared memory problem - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: shared memory problem
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Msg-id 9348.974129557@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: shared memory problem  (Michael Teter <michael_teter@yahoo.com>)
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Michael Teter <michael_teter@yahoo.com> writes:
> Perhaps there's some issue with the shared memory not
> being freed quickly enough by the kernel?

Never heard of that before.  There is an issue with time delays
on release of port addresses ---  sometimes you may get a failure
to bind() to a port address that was just released by a previous
incarnation of the postmaster.  But I haven't heard of such a
thing for shared memory or semaphores.
        regards, tom lane


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