Re: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386)
Date
Msg-id 199803222001.PAA17498@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] patch for memory overrun on Linux(i386)  ("Maurice Gittens" <mgittens@gits.nl>)
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>
> >
> >OK, then why is electric fence telling him to make DOUBLEALIGN match
> >INTALIGN?  You would think that if this change made sense, we would be
> >having some Linux problems, but we don't.
>
> Don't you think it's dangerous to presume that a problem doesn't exist
> just because you've never noticed it?
> Umm, -:)

Yes.  I am not staying it doesn't exist, but that we need to research it
further before applying a change that will affect so much code.

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