Re: Default of max_stack_depth and getrlimit

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> In 8.2, we started to use getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, ...) to set 
>> max_stack_depth automatically, to a max of 2MB:
> 
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-10/msg00389.php
> 
>> However, it's not behaving as I expected when the stack limit is set to 
>> "unlimited".
> 
> Is there really any such thing as "unlimited" stack depth? 

No, but I would think it's safe to assume that "unlimited" is greater 
than 2MB.

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