Re: SerializeParamList vs machines with strict alignment

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 8:29 AM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:25 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> >
> > Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> writes:
> > >> Okay, I have pushed the test case patch on HEAD.  Attached is the
> > >> code-fix patch, let's wait for a day so that we have all the results
> > >> which can help us to discuss the merits of this patch.
> >
> > > By now, the added test has failed on gharial [1] with below log on the server:
> >
> > Yeah, gharial and anole both don't like this, which is interesting
> > but not really surprising, considering that IA64 is in some part
> > an HPPA follow-on architecture.
> >
>
> Now chipmunk also failed for the same test.
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> >  What I find more interesting is
> > that both of the live Sparc critters are happy --- so despite
> > Thomas' statements upthread, they're coping with unaligned accesses.
> > Maybe you should have back-patched the test to older branches so
> > we could see what castoroides and protosciurus would do.  But it's
> > probably not worth additional delay.
> >
>
> Agreed, I will push the code-fix on HEAD and code+test in back-branches.
>

Pushed, let's wait and see if this can make all the failing buidfarm
members (due to this issue) happy.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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