Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)
Date: 2010-12-19 16:46:03
Message-ID: 25138.1292777163@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 17:28, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> perhaps we could have some simple rule based only on what the kernel
>>> knows about the shmem block, like "dump shmem if it's no more than 1GB".

>> Not sure what knobs we have available, but would there be any value in
>> trying to dump the FIRST 1GB?

> So such knob that I can find. Basically, we pick a combination of the flags at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680519(v=VS.85).aspx

Yeah, I thought I was probably asking for something that couldn't
practically be supported. Let's try it as-is for a few releases
and see how it goes.

regards, tom lane

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