[pgpool-hackers: 2319] Re: Segmentation fault in Pgpool child process

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii at sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
> 
>> Usama,
>>
>> Thank you for letting me know it.  The problem only happens when node
>> 0 is stopped.  The segfault happens while initializing pgpool child
>> process starting up. The bug was introduced in commit
>> 18f95017586aacb7254bbccda18ba67c01468483 by me, sigh. Also 3.5 stable
>> tree has the same problem. I have pushed fix to 3.6 and 3.5
>> stable. More invasive fix was pushed to master branch.
>>
> 
> Thanks for fixing the issue.
> 
>>
>> Because the bug is significant, probably we need to release new minor
>> versions for 3.5 and 3.6.
>>
> 
> Yes that is correct, Since there is no way around for the issue and after
> the failover of first backend node the Pgpool-II service can effectively
> become unavailable because of this issue so we may need to expedite the
> next minor release.

I have talked with Peng and she decided to make new releases on
Thursday, May 11th.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
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