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Re: gettimeofday() goes backwards on FreeBSD 4.9

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
Cc: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-11-29T01:25:29Z
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> I'm suspecting that the issue is amplified by load on the server itself

That would fit right in with my idea that the failure occurs when the
process loses its timeslice partway through gettimeofday().  Heavier
load would presumably make it more likely to lose the CPU.

BTW, I can't get top(1) to work on either pgsql74 or svr1, any idea why?

			regards, tom lane