On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 6:17 AM, Robert Abraham <robert.abraha...@googlemail.com> wrote: > we are using gin indexes on big tables. these tables happen to have several > billion rows. > the index creation fails in ginCombineData in src/backend/access/ginbulk.c > because repalloc is limited to 1 gb. > this limitation makes no sense in this context (compare comments in > src/include/utils/memutils.h). > To overcome this limitation on tables with lots of rows repalloc_huge is > used. > The test suite still succeeds on my machine. > Find the patch attached,
Since nobody seems ready to act on this patch immediately, I suggest adding it here so it doesn't get forgotten: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/commitfest_view/open -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers