> Hmm ... can you extract a test case? Or at least strace the backends > involved? No, and no. Strace was the first thing I thought of, but I'd have to somehow catch one of these backends in the 3 seconds it's locked. Not really feasible. It might be possible to construct a test case, depending on how much the user wants to spend on the problem. I'd estimate that a test case would take 8-12 hours of my time to get working, given the level of activity and concurrency required. -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance