Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I agree that having the crash dump code know anything specific about the
>> contents of shared memory is a nonstarter --- far too fragile. �But
>> perhaps we could have some simple rule based only on what the kernel
>> knows about the shmem block, like "dump shmem if it's no more than 1GB".

> Not sure what knobs we have available, but would there be any value in
> trying to dump the FIRST 1GB?

Probably not.
        regards, tom lane