Karel,
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:28:50PM +1100, Gavin Sherry wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I've been looking through the memory management system today.
> >
> > When a request is made for a memory memory chunk larger than
> > ALLOC_CHUNK_LIMIT, AllocSetAlloc() uses malloc() to give the request its
> > own block. The result is tested by AllocSetAlloc() to see if the memory
> > was allocated.
> >
> > Irrespective of this, a chunk can be returned which has not had memory
> > allocated to it. There is no testing of the return status of
> > palloc() through out the code.
>
> I don't understand. If some memory is not obtain in AllocSetAlloc()
> all finish with elog(ERROR). Not exists way how return insufficient
> space. Or not?
Ahh. Of course. My mistake =)
Gavin