Re: 7.4 shared memory error on 64-bit SPARC/Solaris 5.8

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
Cc: Thomas Baden <lindysandiego(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.4 shared memory error on 64-bit SPARC/Solaris 5.8
Date: 2003-12-01 23:08:06
Message-ID: 28093.1070320086@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 05:19:17PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> After reviewing the proposed patch, I find it hard to believe that the
>> patch would have fixed any such problem ---

> It's not the key (key_t) that is the problem, but the size, which
> used to be int but got replaced by a size_t.

I don't see a problem there either. We don't create shmem segments
larger than 2Gb (and if we wanted to do so, this patch certainly
isn't enough to get it done --- all the arithmetic for shmem sizing
is int).

regards, tom lane

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