Hi,

I played around with the GUC memory units, specifically to test the new GUC_UNIT_BYTES flag (commit 6e7baa32):

$ postmaster -c track_activity_query_size=1024kB
FATAL: 1048576 is outside the valid range for parameter "track_activity_query_size" (100 .. 102400)

$ postmaster -c track_activity_query_size=1024MB
FATAL: 1073741824 is outside the valid range for parameter "track_activity_query_size" (100 .. 102400)

$ postmaster -c track_activity_query_size=1024GB
FATAL:  invalid value for parameter "track_activity_query_size": "1024GB"
HINT:  Value exceeds integer range.

$ postmaster -c track_activity_query_size=1024TB
FATAL:  invalid value for parameter "track_activity_query_size": "1024TB"
HINT:  Valid units for this parameter are "kB", "MB", "GB", and "TB".

The first two look OK, but the last two cases seem a bit weird. With 1024 GB, it would be nice to print the valid range, like in the first two cases.

The HINT in the last message seems wrong: the hint claims that "TB" is accepted, yet "1024 TB" was not accepted. And shouldn't the hint also mention "B", since we accept that now?


Testing a setting with GUC_UNIT_KB:

$ postmaster -c work_mem=102400B
FATAL:  invalid value for parameter "work_mem": "100000B"
HINT:  Valid units for this parameter are "kB", "MB", "GB", and "TB".

This time the hint is accurate, but why is "B" not accepted here? Seems inconsistent.

- Heikki

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