Re: Path to enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Path to enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr
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Msg-id 200510131738.j9DHcFw15367@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Path to enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr  (Thomas Hallgren <thhal@mailblocks.com>)
Responses Re: Path to enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr
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Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >Thomas Hallgren <thhal@mailblocks.com> writes:
> >
> >
> >>Here is a patch that will enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr
> >>temporarilly during a call.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I'm not really in favor of this ... I think you are trying to make the
> >backend do something that will never work reliably.
> >
> >If we were to try to support this, I'd prefer to just make
> >stack_base_ptr non static, rather than add overhead code.
> >
> >            regards, tom lane
> >
> >
> Sure, that works for me.

Do we want to make this change for 8.1?

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