Is this a TODO? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom Lane wrote: > Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> writes: > > On 09.06.2011 15:50, Robert Haas wrote: > >> And I would guess that there's a lot more interest in raising BLCKSZ > >> than lowering it. It might not be a bad idea to adopt the fix you > >> propose anyway, but it doesn't seem urgent. > > > I guess we could fix pg_subtrans by not allowing BLCKSZ < 8k. That > > leaves the problem with pg_serial. Kevin has already worked around, but > > I'm not very happy with that workaround. > > > If we don't want to change it wholesale, one option would be to support > > different lengths of filenames in slru.c for different slrus. At a quick > > glance, it seems pretty easy. That would allow keeping clog unchanged - > > that's the one that's most likely to have unforeseen consequences if > > changed. pg_subtrans and pg_serial are more ephemeral, they don't need > > to be retained over shutdown, so they seem less likely to cause trouble. > > That seems like the best option to me. > > I agree with Robert that this is completely not urgent. If you want to > fool with it for 9.2, fine, but let's not destabilize 9.1 for it. > > (BTW, while I've not looked at the SLRU code in several years, I'm quite > unconvinced that this is only a matter of filename lengths.) > > regards, tom lane > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
