[pgpool-general: 9271] Re: Segmentation fault during shutdown

[Tatsuo Ishii]

>  That was exactly what I was afraid of. It's probably not going to happen
> often, but for these cases, it's better to be on the safe side.

Agreed.

>>> What if pool_init_cp would set a flag to indicates a successful
>> >> init. close_all_backend_connections could then check this flag and only
>> >> close the connections if this flag is set. I don't know if is actually
>> >> possible, because I'm a Java developer and things work quite different
>> >> there. But IMHO, it makes sense to at least try to close the connections
>> >> from the side of pgpool if this is possible.
>> >
>> > Sounds like a good idea. I will revert the previous commit and try to
>> > implement another patch for this.
>>
>> v2 patch attached.
>>
> 
> Thanks, I've added the patch to our build system. As this crash is very
> rare, all I can do is verify the correct working of pgpool with this patch
> (and I see no reason why it would not work). Even if the issue is not
> fixed, it may take months to resurface.

Sure no problem. Thank you again for the reporting and discussion!

Best reagards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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