Re: dynamic shared memory: wherein I am punished for good intentions

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:13:20PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> Since, as has been previously discussed in this forum on multiple
> occasions [citation needed], the default System V shared memory limits
> are absurdly low on many systems, the dynamic shared memory patch
> defaults to POSIX shared memory, which has often been touted as a
> superior alternative [citation needed].  Unfortunately, the buildfarm
> isn't entirely happy with this decision.  On buildfarm member anole
> (HP-UX B.11.31), allocation of dynamic shared memory fails with a
> "Permission denied" error, and on smew (Debian GNU/Linux 6.0), it
> fails with "Function not implemented", which according to a forum
> post[1] I found probably indicates that /dev/shm doesn't mount a tmpfs
> on that box.
> 
> What shall we do about this?  I see a few options.
> 
> (1) Define the issue as "not our problem".  IOW, as of now, if you
> want to use PostgreSQL, you've got to either make POSIX shared memory
> work on your machine, or change the GUC that selects the type of
> dynamic shared memory used.

+1 for this.

Cheers,
David.
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