Re: fsync and semctl errors with 8.1.5/win32

>> 2006-12-05 03:47:12 [736] LOG:  could not fsync segment 0 of relation
>> 1663/16692/2361629: Permission denied
>> 2006-12-05 03:47:12 [736] ERROR:  storage sync failed on magnetic disk:
>> Permission denied
>> 2006-12-05 03:47:13 [736] ERROR:  could not open relation
>> 1663/16692/2361629: Permission denied
>> 2006-12-05 03:47:14 [736] ERROR:  could not open relation
>> 1663/16692/2361629: Permission denied
>
> So what's holding the file open now?  It's evidently not the bgwriter.


btw: FileMon reports every few seconds:
04:24:28 postgres.exe:736 OPEN D:\DB\postgreSQL.82\data\base\16692\2361629
DELETE PEND Options: Open  Access: 0012019F
the time corresponds to the "could not open relation" logentries


i would interpret this as: postgresql pid 736 (bgwriter) is trying to open
the file 2361629 which fails because it is marked as "to be deleted". the
file system operation is pending because another process (from the pgsql
connection pool) is still keeping a handle open.

as it is a connection pool process, it will be "recycled" after a while and
release open handles: everytime the error messages disappear after some
minutes...

- thomas