Re: diagnosing a db crash - server exit code 2 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On 10/03/2011 10:10 AM, Robert Burgholzer wrote:
> FWIW - I am currently trying this while tracing the process that I
> assume is the postmaster (/usr/bin/postgres -D /home/postgres/data),
> since this process number indicates that it was recently restarted -
> although the other PG processes, writer, wal writer, autovacuum, stats
> collector all have their older pids indicating that they still survive.

Sounds like you are attaching to the wrong process. Try something like
the below...

Joe



Session #1: (connect to db and load PL/R)
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#psql contrib_regression
psql (9.2devel)
Type "help" for help.

contrib_regression=# load '$libdir/plr';
LOAD

Session #2: (use ps to find backend and attach)
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# ps -ef |grep postgres
postgres 17001     1  0 Sep24 ?        00:00:16
/usr/local/pgsql-head/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql-head/data -p 55437 -i
postgres 17006 17001 0 Sep24 ?        00:02:18 postgres: writer process

postgres 17007 17001 0 Sep24 ?        00:01:50 postgres: wal writer
process
postgres 17008 17001 0 Sep24 ?        00:00:37 postgres: autovacuum
launcher process
postgres 17009 17001 0 Sep24 ?        00:00:47 postgres: stats
collector process
postgres 26631 17001  0 10:22 ?        00:00:00 postgres: postgres
contrib_regression [local] idle

#gdb /usr/local/pgsql-head/bin/postgres 26631
(gdb) continue
Continuing.


Session #1: (run crashing function)
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run your PL/R function that causes the crash

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