Re: BUG #2406: Not all systems support SHM_SHARE_MMU

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Paul van der Zwan <Paul(dot)Vanderzwan(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #2406: Not all systems support SHM_SHARE_MMU
Date: 2006-04-25 07:08:53
Message-ID: 13570.1145948933@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Paul van der Zwan <Paul(dot)Vanderzwan(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> Maybe noone ever ran Postgres on Solaris on a VIA Epia system.

Maybe. What is a "VIA Epia system"?

Frankly, I'm afraid that your patch is likely to break way more systems
than it fixes. What is getpagesizes(), and is it guaranteed to exist on
*every* Solaris system? What the heck correlation does its result have
to whether SHM_SHARE_MMU will work?

regards, tom lane

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