Re: buffer assertion tripping under repeat pgbench load

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: buffer assertion tripping under repeat pgbench load
Date: 2012-12-24 16:31:19
Message-ID: CA+U5nM+dyguDQt4ri+mHZJBbxPqahB5c7H2AJ8FVc_Lpg8iQkA@mail.gmail.com
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On 24 December 2012 16:25, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On 12/24/12 11:10 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:
>
>> I wonder if you're having a hardware problem?
>
>
> Always possible. I didn't report this until I had replicated the crash and
> seen exactly the same thing twice. I've seen it crash on this assertion 6
> times now. Bad hardware is not normally so consistent.

Consistency in bugs is a wonderful thing, so I figure we can
immediately rule out the hardware.

> I kicked off another test that includes the block number just before Tom
> suggested it, so I should have the block by tomorrow at the latest. The
> range of runtime before crash is 3 to 14 hours so far.

Tom will have fixed it by then ;-)

Sorry, I should have mentioned it was the block number that I wanted
and that was why I suggested using the other print function.

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