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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
index 775d71f56c5..9a0f92c2682 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
@@ -766,6 +766,14 @@ CreateLockFile(const char *filename, bool amPostmaster,
filename)));
close(fd);
+ if (len == 0)
+ {
+ ereport(FATAL,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_FILE_EXISTS),
+ errmsg("lock file \"%s\" is empty", filename),
+ errhint("Either another server is starting, or the lock file is the remnant of a previous server startup crash.")));
+ }
+
buffer[len] = '\0';
encoded_pid = atoi(buffer);