Re: pgsql: Add pg_atomic_unlocked_write_u64

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 11:40:47PM +0000, Andres Freund wrote:
> Add pg_atomic_unlocked_write_u64
>
> The 64bit equivalent of pg_atomic_unlocked_write_u32(), to be used in an
> upcoming patch converting BufferDesc.state into a 64bit atomic.

I noticed that this new function was defined as

ptr->value = val;

and couldn't figure out why that was safe. Above
pg_atomic_unlocked_write_u32(), I see this comment:

* The write is guaranteed to succeed as a whole, i.e. it's not possible to
* observe a partial write for any reader. ...

But the new 64-bit version doesn't seem to be surrounded by a check for
PG_HAVE_8BYTE_SINGLE_COPY_ATOMICITY, and I found no discussion about it in
the commit message or the linked thread. Am I missing something here?

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nathan