Re: [PATCH] Increase the maximum value track_activity_query_size

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Good question.  I am in favor of allowing a larger value if no one
> objects.  I don't think adding the min/max is helpful.

I think there are pretty obvious performance and memory-consumption
penalties to very large track_activity_query_size values.  Who exactly
are we really helping if we let them set it to huge values?

(wanders away wondering if we have suitable integer-overflow checks
in relevant code paths...)

            regards, tom lane