Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support
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Msg-id 20067.974164472@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> I think we had some discussions about changing the way that shared
>> memory keys are generated, which might make this a less critical issue.
>> But until something's done about that, this patch looks awfully
>> dangerous.

> But do we yank it out for that reason?  I don't think so.

Do you want to put a bright red "THIS FEATURE MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR
DATA" warning in the manual?  I think it'd be rather irresponsible of
us to ship the patch without such a warning, unless someone builds a
replacement interlock capability (or gets rid of the need for the
interlock).
        regards, tom lane


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