Re: 2GB limit for temp_file_limit on 32bit platform

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 2GB limit for temp_file_limit on 32bit platform
Date: 2012-07-20 05:08:14
Message-ID: CAFj8pRA_H7SWYCo3=2-c_fHcYy8E0sS_jysw9t8-NxnE1XE98A@mail.gmail.com
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2012/7/20 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I did a backport of temp_file_limit feature to 9.1, but when we tested
>> this patch, we found very restristrictive limit to 2GB.
>
>> 2GB is nonsense, because this is session limit of temp files, and
>> these files should be longer than 2GB.
>
> This claim is nonsense. The variable's value is measured in KB, so the
> effective limit is actually 2TB not 2GB.

you have true - it works on 9.2. The problem will be somewhere in
backport on 9.1

sorry for false alarm

Regards

Pavel Stěhule

>
> regards, tom lane

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