Based on the backend_start time in pg_stat_activity, I was able to
find the problem query in our logs. The query is a simple one, but
returns a lot of results for a report. This was the error in the logs:
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Ran out of memory retrieving query
results.
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults
(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1291)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute
(QueryExecutorImpl.java:188)
at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute
(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:452)
at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags
(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:340)
at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeQuery
(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:239)
...
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
The instance of the application is no longer running where this error
occurred, but the server still shows the hung non-sigint-able
connection.
On 1-Dec-06, at 5:54 PM, Brian Wipf wrote:
Sorry, I forgot to mention this is on PostgreSQL 8.1.5. The server
is SUSE Linux 10.1, the client is OS X Server 10.4.8.
On 1-Dec-06, at 5:42 PM, Brian Wipf wrote:
I have a connection that I am unable to kill with a sigint.
ps auxww for the process in question:
postgres 3578 0.3 3.6 6526396 1213344 ? S Dec01 0:32
postgres: postgres ssprod 192.168.0.52(49333) SELECT
and gdb shows:
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00002ba62c18f085 in send () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#1 0x0000000000504765 in internal_flush ()
#2 0x0000000000504896 in internal_putbytes ()
#3 0x00000000005048fc in pq_putmessage ()
#4 0x0000000000505ea4 in pq_endmessage ()
#5 0x000000000043e37a in printtup ()
#6 0x00000000004e9349 in ExecutorRun ()
#7 0x0000000000567931 in PortalRunSelect ()
#8 0x00000000005685f0 in PortalRun ()
#9 0x0000000000565ea8 in PostgresMain ()
#10 0x0000000000540624 in ServerLoop ()
#11 0x000000000054131a in PostmasterMain ()
#12 0x000000000050676e in main ()
lsof on the client machine (192.168.0.52) shows no connections on
port 49333, so it doesn't appear to be a simple matter of killing
the client connection. If I have to, I can reboot the client
machine, but this seems like overkill and I'm not certain this
will fix the problem. Anything else I can try on the server or the
client short of restarting the database or rebooting the client?
Brian Wipf
<brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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