Re: Replace PROC_QUEUE / SHM_QUEUE with ilist.h

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Amit Langote <amitlangote09(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Replace PROC_QUEUE / SHM_QUEUE with ilist.h
Date: 2022-12-03 18:17:22
Message-ID: 20221203181722.ib6fwzuorhktpmhz@awork3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2022-11-19 21:59:30 -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> In [1] Robert justifiably complained about the use of PROC_QUEUE. I've
> previously been bothered by this in [2], but didn't get around to finishing
> the patches.
>
> One thing that made me hesitate was the naming of the function for a) checking
> whether a dlist_node is a list, b) initializing and deleting nodes in a way to
> allow for a). My patch adds dlist_node_init(), dlist_delete_thoroughly() /
> dlist_delete_from_thoroughly() / dclist_delete_from_thoroughly() and
> dlist_node_is_detached(). Thomas proposed dlist_delete_and_reinit() and
> dlist_node_is_linked() instead.

Any comments on these names? Otherwise I'm planning to push ahead with the
names as is, lest I forget this patchset for another ~2 years.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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