Luke Koops wrote:
> Description: Stats collector hung on WaitForMultipleObjectsEx while
> attempting to recv a datagram
> Details:
>
> While running a load test with 80 processes connected to postgres, of which
> 62 were generating load, the stats collector got blocked on
> WaitForMultipleObjectsEx which was called with INFINITE timeout. The stack
> trace for the hung thread follows:
> ntdll.dll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0xc
> kernel32.dll!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0x11a
> postgres.exe!pgwin32_waitforsinglesocket+0x1ed
> postgres.exe!pgwin32_recv+0x90
> postgres.exe!PgstatCollectorMain+0x17f
> postgres.exe!SubPostmasterMain+0x33a
> postgres.exe!main+0x168
> postgres.exe!__tmainCRTStartup+0x10f
> kernel32.dll!BaseProcessStart+0x23
I have seen this problem too. The process seems stuck for no good
reason. I wondered at the time if it could be a kernel issue. I
remember trying to send some data to the collector to verify whether
it'd wake up, but no luck. (I mean I couldn't find a way to do it on
Windows).
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