Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Code cleanup in the wake of recent LWLock refactoring.

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Code cleanup in the wake of recent LWLock refactoring.
Date: 2016-02-12 13:02:22
Message-ID: CAFj8pRAEgK788EmxCV7=eNYjA0wFAY75gTGV6yPueW7vg6TT0w@mail.gmail.com
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2016-02-12 10:37 GMT+01:00 Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> There will be necessary more changes than this. Orafce has some parts
>>> based on lw locks. I am able to compile it without any issue. But the lock
>>> mechanism is broken now - so impact on extensions will be higher. Have to
>>> do some research.
>>>
>>
>> if somebody would to use it for testing
>>
>> https://github.com/orafce/orafce
>>
>> https://github.com/orafce/orafce/commit/fff56ed7e17ed5d6f8e6b71591ff1a6d6ff12d79
>>
>> With last commit I am able to compile orafce without warnings, but
>> installcheck is broken. It can be bug in orafce, but this code worked last
>> 7 years.
>>
>>
> One question regarding your latest commit in orafce:
>
> - RequestAddinShmemSpace(SHMEMMSGSZ);
> +#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 90600
> +
> + RequestNamedLWLockTranche("orafce", 1);
> +
> +#else
> +
> RequestAddinLWLocks(1);
> +#endif
> +
> + RequestAddinShmemSpace(SHMEMMSGSZ);
> +
>
>

> It seems you have moved request for shared memory
> (RequestAddinShmemSpace()) after requesting locks, any reason
> for same?
>

no, it is only moved after lock request

Pavel

>
> You don't need to change the request for shared memory.
>
> With Regards,
> Amit Kapila.
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>

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