Re: trouble restarting a server

It finally reoccurred. Here's what I got from attaching to those processes from gdb. I attached with the postmaster binary, let me know if I should use something else.

vero(su): ps axvw | grep notify
24556 ?        Ss     0:03      0  3265 41262 29672  0.7 postgres: jerel csdb chef(36275) notify interrupt
 2889 ?        Ss     0:04      0  3265 41270 29688  0.7 postgres: ela csdb newton(32777) notify interrupt
 2943 ?        Ss     0:04      0  3265 41270 29684  0.7 postgres: stefan csdb stupid(32788) notify interrupt
 5866 ?        Ss     0:04      0  3265 41270 29680  0.7 postgres: petska csdb brian(32786) notify interrupt
27850 ?        Ss     0:03      0  3265 41270 29768  0.7 postgres: dparter csdb yfandes(35456) notify interrupt
18582 ?        Ss     0:03      0  3265 41270 29732  0.7 postgres: timc csdb tornado(47047) notify interrupt
  449 ?        Ss     0:02      0  3265 41270 29764  0.7 postgres: archer csdb spoon(33141) notify interrupt
12731 pts/0    S+     0:00      0    71  3828  664  0.0 grep notify

vero(su): gdb /s/postgresql/bin/postmaster 24556
[-----  Begin lots of messages -----]
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Attaching to program: /afs/cs.wisc.edu/s/postgresql-8.2.4/@sys/bin/postmaster, process 5866
Reading symbols from /lib/libpam.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libpam.so.0
Reading symbols from /afs/cs.wisc.edu/s/openssl- 0.9.8d/@sys/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8d...done.
Loaded symbols for /s/openssl-0.9.8d/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8d
Reading symbols from /afs/cs.wisc.edu/s/openssl-0.9.8d/@sys/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8d...done.
Loaded symbols for /s/openssl- 0.9.8d/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8d
Reading symbols from /afs/cs.wisc.edu/s/krb5-1.5.1/@sys/lib/libkrb5.so.3...done.Loaded symbols for /s/krb5-1.5.1/lib/libkrb5.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypt.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /afs/cs.wisc.edu/s/krb5-1.5.1/@sys/lib/libcom_err.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /s/krb5-1.5.1/lib/libcom_err.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/libaudit.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libaudit.so.0
Reading symbols from /afs/cs.wisc.edu/s/krb5-1.5.1/i386_cent40/lib/libk5crypto.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /s/krb5-1.5.1/i386_cent40/lib/libk5crypto.so.3
Reading symbols from /afs/cs.wisc.edu/s/krb5- 1.5.1/i386_cent40/lib/libkrb5support.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /s/krb5-1.5.1/i386_cent40/lib/libkrb5support.so.0
Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/ld- linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_dns.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_dns.so.2
0x007ef7a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
[----- End lots of messages -----]

(gdb) bt
#0  0x007ef7a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#1  0x008c60f3 in __write_nocancel () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#2  0x0064d734 in sock_write () from /s/openssl-0.9.8d/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8d
#3  0x00000008 in ?? ()
#4  0x09ede1a2 in ?? ()
#5  0x00000038 in ?? ()
#6  0x09ee50c0 in ?? ()
#7  0x006e06c8 in ?? () from /s/openssl- 0.9.8d/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8d
#8  0x09ed4148 in ?? ()
#9  0x00000000 in ?? ()

All the other processes are the same except for addresses in #4, #6, and #8, but they're all within a few MB of each other (they're probably asynchronous interrupts).

Let me know if you need more info.

Peter