Re: shared_buffers vs. -B flag: 7.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: elein(at)varlena(dot)com (elein)
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: shared_buffers vs. -B flag: 7.4
Date: 2005-01-23 20:46:36
Message-ID: 6399.1106513196@sss.pgh.pa.us
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elein(at)varlena(dot)com (elein) writes:
> Hmmm. This was reproduced at a customer site by
> a very meticulous dba. I'll check back with him.

It would be worth enquiring exactly what values he was testing.
IIRC, 7.4 doesn't have any defense against setting NBuffers so large
as to make the shmem segment size calculation overflow.
This would of course lead to crashes at runtime, but I think the
postmaster startup would complete ...

regards, tom lane

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