Thread: Problem to "current-status information in shared memory" patch

On CVS tip:

$ postgres --single -Ddata postgres

PostgreSQL stand-alone backend 8.2devel
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

$ gdb -c core.18119
(gdb) bt
#0  pgstat_report_activity (cmd_str=0x67d25e "<IDLE>") at pgstat.c:1484
1484            beentry->st_changecount++;
(gdb) bt
#0  pgstat_report_activity (cmd_str=0x67d25e "<IDLE>") at pgstat.c:1484
#1  0x000000000056db8c in PostgresMain (argc=1, argv=0x8657d8,   username=0x867030 "qqzhou") at postgres.c:3132
#2  0x000000000050c918 in main (argc=4, argv=0x8657d0) at main.c:372
(gdb) p beentry
$1 = (volatile PgBackendStatus *) 0x0

Ooops, guess we forget to handle the single user mode in "current-status
information in shared memory" patch ...

Regards,
Qingqing

"Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu> writes:
> Ooops, guess we forget to handle the single user mode in "current-status
> information in shared memory" patch ...

"postgres --single" works for me.  Maybe you need a "make
distclean"/rebuild?
        regards, tom lane

"Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote
>
> "postgres --single" works for me.  Maybe you need a "make
> distclean"/rebuild?
>

Sorry, because I forget to say that you need to turn "stats_command_string"
on. When it is off, pgstat_report_activity() will return immediately so
nothing wrong could be observed.

Regards,
Qingqing

"Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu> writes:
> "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote
>> "postgres --single" works for me.  Maybe you need a "make
>> distclean"/rebuild?

> Sorry, because I forget to say that you need to turn "stats_command_string"
> on.

Ah.  OK, fixed.
        regards, tom lane