Backends don't typically exist uncleanly, but they can certainly exit
uncleanly, and it's exiting uncleanly that's being discussed here.
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Stephen Frost 2018-12-04 11:04:54 -05:00
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/*
* If the postmaster has died, it's not safe to continue running,
* because it is the postmaster's job to kill us if some other backend
* exists uncleanly. Moreover, we won't run very well in this state;
* exits uncleanly. Moreover, we won't run very well in this state;
* helper processes like walwriter and the bgwriter will exit, so
* performance may be poor. Finally, if we don't exit, pg_ctl will be
* unable to restart the postmaster without manual intervention, so no