Re: Improve LWLock tranche name visibility across backends

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Sami Imseih <samimseih(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Rahila Syed <rahilasyed90(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Improve LWLock tranche name visibility across backends
Date: 2025-08-12 19:48:50
Message-ID: aJuaoouYv8l8f0PS@nathan
Views: Whole Thread | Raw Message | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

I haven't followed the latest discussion, but I took a look at the patch.

+ It is possible to use a <literal>tranche_id</literal> that was not retrieved
+ using <function>LWLockNewTrancheId</function>, but this is not recommended.
+ The ID may clash with an already registered tranche name, or the specified
+ name may not be found. In such cases, looking up the name will return a generic
+ "extension" tranche name.

Is there any reason to continue allowing this? For example, maybe we could
ERROR if LWLockInitialize()/GetLWTrancheName() are given a tranche_id
greater than the number allocated. I guess I'm not following why we should
gracefully handle these kinds of coding errors, especially when they result
in unhelpful behavior like an "extension" tranche.

+#else
+elog(ERROR, "injection points not supported");
+#endif

This causes compilation to fail when injection points are not enabled.

I haven't combed through the patch character-by-character, but upon a
read-through, the general shape looks reasonable to me. As a general note,
I'd suggest adding more commentary throughout and finding opportunities to
simplify and/or clean up the code as much as possible.

--
nathan

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Thomas Munro 2025-08-12 20:07:02 Re: `pg_ctl init` crashes when run concurrently; semget(2) suspected
Previous Message Peter Eisentraut 2025-08-12 19:41:47 Re: GB18030-2022 Support in PostgreSQL