Re: Path to enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Path to enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr
Date: 2005-10-13 17:38:15
Message-ID: 200510131738.j9DHcFw15367@candle.pha.pa.us
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Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com> writes:
> >
> >
> >>Here is a patch that will enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr
> >>temporarilly during a call.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I'm not really in favor of this ... I think you are trying to make the
> >backend do something that will never work reliably.
> >
> >If we were to try to support this, I'd prefer to just make
> >stack_base_ptr non static, rather than add overhead code.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
> >
> >
> Sure, that works for me.

Do we want to make this change for 8.1?

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