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Re: [PATCH] Allow complex data for GUC extra.

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2025-12-30T01:44:45Z

Bryan Green <dbryan.green@gmail.com> writes:
> One notable behavioral change: check hooks using GUC_EXTRA_IS_CONTEXT
> now use palloc() instead of guc_malloc(). The old approach with
> guc_malloc() allowed check hooks to return false on OOM, letting the
> caller handle it at the appropriate error level. With palloc() an OOM
> throws an immediate ERROR. This seemed like an acceptable tradeoff

Why?  It seems both inconsistent and unsafe.

			regards, tom lane