Re: [HACKERS] Tom Lane's fixes in v6.4.3 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Tom Lane's fixes in v6.4.3
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Msg-id 26781.920505301@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Tom Lane's fixes in v6.4.3  (Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>)
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Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> writes:
>> From Tom Lane's horror story...
>> I spent an hour tracing through startup of 6.4.x, and I now understand
>> why the thing doesn't crash despite the horrible bugs in ShmemInitHash.
>> Read on, if you have a strong stomach.

> Are Tom Lane's fixes included in 6.4.3 beta? I think his findings are
> so important.

I have made a patch for 6.4.x which I intend to commit into the REL6_4
tree, but it hasn't gotten as much testing as I would like.  The patch
is attached if you care to try it for a while first.  (These changes
are already in the development tree, BTW.)
        regards, tom lane


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