Subject: kern/3956: panic when killing PostgreSQL server
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <explorer@flame.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/08/1997 06:46:04
>Number:         3956
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       panic when killing PostgreSQL server
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug  7 23:50:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michael Graff
>Organization:
flame.org:  yes, we do know everything
>Release:        Jul 28 1997
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD kechara.flame.org 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (KECHARA) #0: Mon Jul 28 13:31:37 EDT 1997 explorer@kechara.flame.org:/u1/OS/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/KECHARA i386


>Description:
When I kill my postgreSQL server, my kernel panics:

vm_page_insert(f853ab8, f8945e80, 209000)
vm_page_alloc(f8945e80, 209000, f894f00, 44211000, 106) 
vm_fault(f8946f00, 44211000, 1, 0)
trap()
trap 6

My guess (and this is just a guess) is that postgreSQL is using       
SYSV shared memory, and something is screwed there.
>How-To-Repeat:

kill the postmaster process.

>Fix:
Unknown.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: