Michael, thanks for checking, I tried it again today and it is now working so I must have forgotten something. John ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:33:09 +0900 > Subject: Re: RegisterBackgroundWorker does not actually start a bg worker process in 9.4.4 > From: michael.paquier@xxxxxxxxx > To: johnlumby@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:58 AM, John Lumby <johnlumby@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am new to bg_workers so this may be my user error, >> but when I build and run the contrib/worker_spi >> extension, I find that : >> >> . starting postgres with the extension named in shared_preload_libraries : >> its _PG_init is invoked as expected but no process is started - >> it is as though RegisterBackgroundWorker did nothing >> >> . creating the extension and then >> psql ... "select worker_spi_launch(2);" : >> I see >> 28409 28288 ? 463508 00:05 00:00:00 0.0 postgres: bgworker: worker 2 >> as expected. >> >> Is there maybe some bug in postmaster's processing of >> workers marked as start_at = BgWorkerStart_RecoveryFinished >> in 9.4.4? > > Not that I know of. I am using static background workers even with 9.4 > clusters and they work as expected. Giving a try with worker_spi on > 9.4, I see no problems as well: > $ ps ux | grep bgworker > michael 3906 0.0 0.1 2594780 7456 ?? Ss 8:21AM 0:00.02 > postgres: bgworker: worker 1 > michael 3905 0.0 0.1 2594780 6996 ?? Ss 8:21AM 0:00.02 > postgres: bgworker: worker 2 > $ psql -c 'show shared_preload_libraries' > shared_preload_libraries > -------------------------- > worker_spi > (1 row) > > Regards, > -- > Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general