"Qingqing Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> No, because you're thinking in terms of the backend environment, and >> generally in the backend the answer to "when to use malloc directly" >> is "never".
> Well, except before MemoryContext mechanism is set up? For example, the > functions(e.g., GUC, vfd) used during bootstrap. I think you need to take another look at the startup sequences. Those modules are not run before MemoryContextInit. In any case, the odds of running out of memory before we get to MemoryContextInit are so small that I don't have a problem with crashing if it happens. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly