It looks like if you issue a fast shutdown during recovery, postmaster
doesn't kill bgwriter.
...
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000028" from archive
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000029" from archive
LOG: consistent recovery state reached at 0/2900005C
...
LOG: restored log file "00000001000000000000002F" from archive
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000030" from archive
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000031" from archive
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000032" from archive
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000033" from archive
LOG: restartpoint starting: time
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000034" from archive
LOG: received fast shutdown request
LOG: restored log file "000000010000000000000035" from archive
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
LOG: startup process (PID 14137) exited with exit code 1
LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
hlinnaka@heikkilaptop:~/pgsql$
hlinnaka@heikkilaptop:~/pgsql$ LOG: restartpoint complete: wrote 3324
buffers (5.1%); write=13.996 s, sync=2.016 s, total=16.960 s
LOG: recovery restart point at 0/3000FA14
Seems that reaper() needs to be taught that bgwriter can be active
during consistent recovery. I'll take a look at how to do that.
BTW, the message "terminating connection ..." is a bit misleading. It's
referring to the startup process, which is hardly a connection. We have
that in CVS HEAD too, so it's not something introduced by the patch, but
seems worth changing in HS, since we then let real connections in while
startup process is still running.
-- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com