Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1197)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1197)
Date: 2008-11-07 21:52:03
Message-ID: 24447.1226094723@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Any system with more than 32,000 security contexts is going to be
> unmanageable and probably therefore insecure...

Perhaps, but it's doubtful that such a restriction will actually save
any space after you consider the alignment behavior. I'd go with an
Oid.

regards, tom lane

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