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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Missing checks when malloc returns NULL...
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Msg-id 20942.1472735024@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Missing checks when malloc returns NULL...  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Missing checks when malloc returns NULL...  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> writes:
> Also, we could take one extra step forward then, and just introduce
> ShmemAllocExtended that holds two flags as per the attached:
> - SHMEM_ALLOC_ZERO that zeros all the fields
> - SHMEM_ALLOC_NO_OOM that does not fail

Don't see the point really ... it's just more API churn without any
very compelling reason.

(It doesn't look like you correctly implemented the case of both
flags being set, either.)
        regards, tom lane

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