Re: Path to enable a module to change the stack_base_ptr

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com>
Cc: "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: 2005-10-02 15:38:53
Message-ID: 3618.1128267533@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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

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