Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:
> One of the servers I use (RHEL AS 4; Linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp x86_64)
> appears to be in the same state after a reboot as the server in the
> "Restart after poweroutage" thread from a few months ago:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-03/msg00738.php
Interesting indeed. Lapham's report was on FC6 which uses a kernel
vastly newer than RHEL4 (2.6.20) but his was also x86_64, which might
be relevant. I recall trying a little bit to reproduce the problem
after updating my own x86_64 box to FC6, but without success.
> Has anybody figured out if this is a Linux kernel bug? I might
> have until Monday morning if anybody can suggest something to look
> at; after that the admins will probably reboot and/or remove
> postmaster.pid to get the database running again.
Is it possible/reasonable/practical to (a) hold off longer than that
and (b) get me access to the box? On Monday I'd have a chance to
involve some Red Hat kernel folk in looking at it.
regards, tom lane