On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 4:36 PM Bharath Rupireddy
<bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 4:27 PM Dave Cramer <davecramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > For testing unusual situations I'd like to be able to cause a backend to terminate due to something like a
segfault.Do we currently have this in testing ?
>
> Well, you could use pg_terminate_backend which sends SIGTERM to the
> backend. However, we don't have a function that sends SIGSEGV yet, you
> could signal the backend with SIGSEGV directly, if possible.
And, I came across an extension called pg_crash [1], see if that helps.
[1] https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/pg_crash-crashing-postgresql-automatically/
With Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.
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