Re: [v9.1] sepgsql - userspace access vector cache - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [v9.1] sepgsql - userspace access vector cache
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In response to Re: [v9.1] sepgsql - userspace access vector cache  (Kohei KaiGai <kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp>)
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On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Kohei KaiGai <kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp> wrote:
> 2011/6/9 Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Kohei KaiGai <kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp> wrote:
>>> The only modification by this patch to the core routine is a new
>>> syscache for pg_seclabel system catalog. The SECLABELOID enables to
>>> reference security label of the object using syscache interface.
>>
>> I believe we decided against that previously on the grounds that we
>> don't want to add syscaches that might get really really big.  In
>> particular, there could be a LOT of labelled large objects floating
>> around.
>>
> (Sorry, I missed to Cc: pgsql-hackers, so send again)
>
> As long as we use syscache mechanism to hold security label of
> relation or other cached objects, do you think it cause no troubles?

Maybe, but why do we need it?

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