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From tgl@postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql: Reducing the assumed alignment of struct varlena means that the
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Msg-id 20080229174747.A4CC6754108@cvs.postgresql.org
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Reducing the assumed alignment of struct varlena means that the compiler
is also licensed to put a local variable declared that way at an unaligned
address.  Which will not work if the variable is then manipulated with
SET_VARSIZE or other macros that assume alignment.  So the previous patch
is not an unalloyed good, but on balance I think it's still a win, since
we have very few places that do that sort of thing.  Fix the one place in
tuptoaster.c that does it.  Per buildfarm results from gypsy_moth
(I'm a bit surprised that only one machine showed a failure).

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REL8_3_STABLE

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/src/backend/access/heap:
        tuptoaster.c (r1.81.2.1 -> r1.81.2.2)
        (http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c?r1=1.81.2.1&r2=1.81.2.2)

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