[pgpool-general: 2147] Re: read_startup_packet: incorrect packet length What does that mean?

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> Dear all.
> 
> I don't understand what I see in the log files. Following keeps happening
> all the time after I start pgpool:
> 
> 2013-09-17 13:26:31 ERROR: pid 5697: read_startup_packet: incorrect packet
> length (983664419)

This definitely someone is trying to connect to pgpool. Typically some
HA software or load balancer which is doing healthchek.

> 2013-09-17 13:26:49 LOG:   pid 3608: do_child: failback event found. restart
> myself.

It seems failover happend. Do you notice it? If so, this is
normal. Otherwise, you need to show full log after restarting pgpool.
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
Japanese: http://www.sraoss.co.jp