Re: OperationalError: FATAL: lock AccessShareLock on object 0/1260/0 is already

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:16:39AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:19 PM, daveg <daveg@sonic.net> wrote:
> > This seems to be bug month for my client. Now there are seeing periods
> > where all new connections fail immediately with the error:
> >
> >   FATAL:  lock AccessShareLock on object 0/1260/0 is already held
...
> > What can I do to help track this down?
> 
> I've seen that error (though not that exact fact pattern) caused by
> bad RAM.  It's unclear to me what else could cause it.
> 
> In terms of debugging, it seems like it might be sensible to start by
> injecting some debugging code that dumps out the contents of the LOCK
> and LOCALLOCK structures at the point the error occurs.

I've made up the attached patch to print this, please suggest any additions.
I'll deploy this on a couple of the production hosts that have had the
issue this evening, but there is no telling when or if it will strike next.

-dg

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