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From Aleksey Tsalolikhin
Subject Re: postgres process got stuck in "notify interrupt waiting" status
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Msg-id CA+jMWoePaBLqZcyNVCyFSs_rcAeH+AM7+hOog0_-UyQ4Wf9HKw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: postgres process got stuck in "notify interrupt waiting" status  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Having said that, a kill -9 on an individual backend (*not* the
> postmaster) should be safe enough, if you don't mind the fact that
> it'll kill all your other sessions too.
>

Got it, thanks.

Why will it kill all your other sessions too?  Isn't there a separate backend
process for each session?

Best,
-at

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