Re: [BUGS] BUG #1270: stack overflow in thread in fe_getauthname

Hi Bruce,

That would work!

Thanks
Peter

Bruce Momjian wrote:

>One idea would be to use malloc() to allocate storage for the
>thread-safe buffers when compiled with thread-safety, rather than using
>the stack.
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>Peter Davie wrote:
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>>Hi Tom,
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>>How many of these platforms you use are POSIX-compliant? This
>>information came from the POSIX web site (NOT THE DIGITAL/COMPAQ/HP/...
>>WEBSITE). Sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX) is supported by Solaris 2.5,
>>SCO UNIX (circa 1999!), Digital UNIX/Compaq Tru64 UNIX, FreeBSD, AIX,
>>HP-UX, and probably many more.
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>>Maybe the non-compliant platforms should be catered for as "legacy" with
>>support code in the "ports" area, and those that do adhere to open
>>standards can be accommodated without breaking existing production
>>applications.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Peter
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>>Tom Lane wrote:
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>>>Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
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>>>>OK, we got a report. I just thinkg 8192 is excessive for that
>>>>structure, and if someone is having a problem, others might as well.
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>>>>>On Tru64 UNIX, sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX) returns 1024.
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>>>I'd be more impressed by this line of reasoning if _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
>>>were defined on more than one of the platforms I use...
>>>
>>> regards, tom lane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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