After elog(PANIC), exit with abort() not proc_exit(). This allows a

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit 0d97eb6ac85b · 2002-11-01T17:55:23.000Z
core file to be produced for debugging, and avoids trying to run the
normal proc-exit cleanup hooks, which are likely to cause additional
problems if the system is hosed.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.103 2002/09/04 20:31:30 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.104 2002/11/01 17:55:23 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -500,13 +500,13 @@ elog(int lev, const char *fmt,...)
 		 * Serious crash time. Postmaster will observe nonzero process
 		 * exit status and kill the other backends too.
 		 *
-		 * XXX: what if we are *in* the postmaster?  proc_exit() won't kill
+		 * XXX: what if we are *in* the postmaster?  abort() won't kill
 		 * our children...
 		 */
 		ImmediateInterruptOK = false;
 		fflush(stdout);
 		fflush(stderr);
-		proc_exit(2);
+		abort();
 	}
 
 	/* We reach here if lev <= WARNING. OK to return to caller. */

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@`
`8`	`8`	`*`
`9`	`9`	`*`
`10`	`10`	`* IDENTIFICATION`
`11`		`- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.103 2002/09/04 20:31:30 momjian Exp $`
	`11`	`+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.104 2002/11/01 17:55:23 tgl Exp $`
`12`	`12`	`*`
`13`	`13`	`*-------------------------------------------------------------------------`
`14`	`14`	`*/`
`@@ -500,13 +500,13 @@ elog(int lev, const char *fmt,...)`
`500`	`500`	`* Serious crash time. Postmaster will observe nonzero process`
`501`	`501`	`* exit status and kill the other backends too.`
`502`	`502`	`*`
`503`		`- * XXX: what if we are in the postmaster? proc_exit() won't kill`
	`503`	`+ * XXX: what if we are in the postmaster? abort() won't kill`
`504`	`504`	`* our children...`
`505`	`505`	`*/`
`506`	`506`	`ImmediateInterruptOK = false;`
`507`	`507`	`fflush(stdout);`
`508`	`508`	`fflush(stderr);`
`509`		`- proc_exit(2);`
	`509`	`+ abort();`
`510`	`510`	`}`
`511`	`511`
`512`	`512`	`/* We reach here if lev <= WARNING. OK to return to caller. */`