Re: [pgsql-patches] Patch to avoid gprofprofilingoverwrites

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>
> > + CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DPROFILE_PID_DIR -pg ${PROFILE_CFLAGS}"
>
> Kindly use AC_DEFINE instead of random -D in CFLAGS (which is the wrong
> place for -D anyway). Also, what exactly is the point here of
> PROFILE_CFLAGS? I thought it was supposed to allow substituting
> something else for -pg, but you've managed to defeat that.

I can't see the value in having a profile flag that just adds an
environment variable. I am hoping other compilers will supply the flags
they need and we can expand this.

> > + snprintf(gprofDirName, MAXPGPATH, "./gprof/%d", getpid());
>
> getpid is not int everywhere; use a cast. Also, the "./" bits are
> silly, and if you ask me so is the MAXPGPATH-sized buffer for a string
> that can't exceed 20 or so bytes.

Patch updated and attached.

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