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Re: Re: patch review : Add ability to constrain backend temporary file space

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Cédric Villemain <cedric.villemain.debian@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-06-20T13:21:24Z
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Cédric Villemain
<cedric.villemain.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> The feature does not work exactly as expected because the write limit
> is rounded per 8kB because we write before checking. I believe if one
> write a file of 1GB in one pass (instead of repetitive 8kB increment),
> and the temp_file_limit is 0, then the server will write the 1GB
> before aborting.

Can we rearrange thing so we check first, and then write?

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