Re: Segmentation fault on proc exit after dshash_find_or_insert

Hi Alvaro,

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de> wrote
> On 2025-Dec-18, Amit Langote wrote:
>
> > Thanks. Updated the commit message too to be more accurate in the
> > attached updated patch.
>
> Looks good to me.

Thanks for looking.

> I would add an Assert(num_held_lwlocks == 0) at the
> end of LWLockReleaseAll(), to make it clear that it's idempotent (which
> is important for the case where ProcKill will call it again shortly
> after).

Makes sense. Will do.

> Are you going to push this soon?

Yes, I will try tomorrow.

> Looking at ProcKill, I notice that we do some LWLock ops after its
> LWLockReleaseAll() call, which seems a bit silly. Why not do that right
> after the "if (MyProc->lockGroupLeader != NULL)" block instead? Nothing
> uses LWLocks from there on. This can be a separate commit.

Just to confirm: you're suggesting moving the LWLockReleaseAll() call
to after the "if (MyProc->lockGroupLeader != NULL)" block? Makes sense
-- odd to release all locks right before then going ahead and
acquiring one. Agreed it should be a separate commit.

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Thanks, Amit Langote