Re: Support for 8-byte TOAST values (aka the TOAST infinite loop problem)

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Nikhil Kumar Veldanda <veldanda(dot)nikhilkumar17(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Burd, Greg" <greg(at)burd(dot)me>, Nikita Malakhov <hukutoc(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannuk(at)google(dot)com>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Support for 8-byte TOAST values (aka the TOAST infinite loop problem)
Date: 2026-02-10 05:15:20
Message-ID: aYq-6AVqBi3C1Qm2@paquier.xyz
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 05:02:02PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> I am still looking at a different approach that does not use the
> redirection. For now, please find a rebased version of the patch,
> which is the rest minus the oid8 support now committed and some
> conflicts resolved, in case someone has any comments.

With this in mind, I have decided to drop this specific patch set from
the release cycle of v19, planning to rework on it for the v20 cycle
with a different approach to the implementation, without the function
pointer redirections.
--
Michael

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