Re: Parallel query and temp_file_limit - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: Parallel query and temp_file_limit
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In response to Re: Parallel query and temp_file_limit  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@heroku.com>)
Responses Re: Parallel query and temp_file_limit  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Peter Geoghegan <pg@heroku.com> wrote:
> Fundamentally, since temporary_files_size enforcement simply
> piggy-backs on low-level fd.c file management, without any
> consideration of what the temp files contain, it'll be hard to be sure
> that parallel workers will not have issues. I think it'll be far
> easier to fix the problem then it would be to figure out if it's
> possible to get away with it.

I'll write a patch to fix the issue, if there is a consensus on a solution.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan



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