Re: Server process exited with status 139 (meaning?) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Ed Loehr writes:

> I have a query crashing the backend and leaving this message in the
> server log...
> What does exit status 139 mean?

The backend terminated because of a segmentation fault (note 139 = 128 +
11, 11 = SIGSEGV). So it's definitely a bug and we'd need to see the
query.

> Better still would be a pointer to some documentation for error codes
> if such beast exists...

See wait(2). Of course we could also make the error message more
expressive.

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