Re: Needs Suggestion

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: subham(at)cse(dot)iitb(dot)ac(dot)in
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Needs Suggestion
Date: 2010-09-22 14:33:49
Message-ID: 24960.1285166029@sss.pgh.pa.us
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subham(at)cse(dot)iitb(dot)ac(dot)in writes:
> How can I increase the stack depth limit ? Is it only by modifying the
> postgres.conf file, but there I cannot increase the stack depth beyond 4
> MB.

> Actually, my problem is that, when I set the stack base address of the
> child thread using the POSIX library function "pthread_setstackaddr()", I
> am unable to access the memory contents of its parent.

You've got worse problems than the stack depth limit. Creating multiple
threads inside a backend process is entirely unsupported and just about
guaranteed to result in massive breakage. Don't do it.

regards, tom lane

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