Sorry, I should have included the fact that PG was compiled from source on the same machine where it runs using gcc 4.1.0, and config.log has: ./configure --with-python --with-gssapi --enable-thread-safety Bob Lunney --- On Mon, 3/7/11, Bob Lunney <bob_lunney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Bob Lunney <bob_lunney@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: PG Server Crash > To: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, March 7, 2011, 11:24 PM > OK, I got a nasty surprise > today. The server threw everybody out of the pool and > logged this: > > 10.224.12.4(52763) idle: pthread_mutex_lock.c:80: > __pthread_mutex_lock: Assertion `mutex->__data.__owner == > 0' failed. > :4d45a006.78ec:2011-03-07 11:57:45.316 EST:LOG: > server process (PID 21298) was terminated by signal 6: > Aborted > :4d45a006.78ec:2011-03-07 11:57:45.316 EST:LOG: > terminating any other active server processes > > It then stopped all the backends, restarted, recovered and > worked fine for the rest of the day. > > The particulars: > > SLES 10 > PG 8.4.1 > 8-way Intel Xeon E5345 @ 2.33GHz > 32 GB RAM > > max_connections = 1500 > shared_buffers = 1536MB > work_mem = 32MB > > maintenance_work_mem = 256MB > > checkpoint_segments = 2048 > effective_cache_size = 20GB > effective_io_concurrency = 6 > random_page_cost = 2.0 > > > This server has been rock solid running 8.4.1 for over a > year. It has Slony replicating to another mirror image > server that has not had any problems whatsoever. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance for all your help, and especially for the > amazing database software! > > Regards, > > Bob Lunney > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin