On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >>> KaiGai Kohei <kai...@ak.jp.nec.com> writes: >>>> When we assign "SECURITY DEFINER" attribute on plpgsql_call_handler(), >>>> it makes server process crashed. >>> >>> So don't do that. Whatever possessed you to think that's a sensible >>> idea anyway? > >> It might not be sensible, but the whole server going down as a result >> doesn't seem very sensible either. > > [ shrug... ] If you would like to start enumerating the ways in which > you can crash the server with erroneous pg_proc entries for C functions, > go for it. It'll keep you out of trouble for a very long time.
It's obviously not possible to make this bulletproof in general, but that doesn't mean we should crash just for fun. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
