From f73b765182b3ecb3bd3f14a9022e27c01b16cd21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:51:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a comment about the initial default value of
 max_stack_depth.

---
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 463b563b4b8..97ed5b72474 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.565 2010/07/22 01:22:33 rhaas Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.566 2010/08/06 14:51:33 tgl Exp $
  *
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1520,6 +1520,11 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 		16384, 1024, MAX_KILOBYTES, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
+	/*
+	 * We use the hopefully-safely-small value of 100kB as the compiled-in
+	 * default for max_stack_depth.  InitializeGUCOptions will increase it if
+	 * possible, depending on the actual platform-specific stack limit.
+	 */
 	{
 		{"max_stack_depth", PGC_SUSET, RESOURCES_MEM,
 			gettext_noop("Sets the maximum stack depth, in kilobytes."),
-- 
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