On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> In guc.c, the maximum for wal_buffers is INT_MAX. However, wal_buffers
> is actually measured in 8KB buffers, not in bytes. This means that
> users are able to set wal_buffers > 2GB. When the database is started,
> this can cause a core dump if the WAL offset is > 2GB.
Why does this cause a core dump? We could consider fixing whatever
the problem is rather than capping the value.
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