Re: Add pg_stat_kind_info system view

On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 11:17:29PM -0500, Sami Imseih wrote:
>>> IMO, in this case, NULL should be a synonym of "I don't know", which
>>> is what entry_count set to false means. 0 means "I know, there is no
>>> data". I'd be OK with dropping the part about fixed-sized stats where
>>> we enforce 1, and use NULL instead, though.
>>
>> +1, that's also my opinion [1].
>
> I'm ok with that if others feel this is better.

Okay, thanks. Let's do so then. Let's also invent a new
pgstat_kind.c in activity/.

I have been chewing a bit on the comments from Sami, leading to the
following result:
- Switched shared_size to entry_size, for consistency with
entry_count, but I don't agree about the use of shared_data_len.
shared_size is more adapted to me because it has the entry overhead
and the shmem entry header. That's more precise and one does not need
to guess the header size.
- Moved entry_count after entry_size in the list of attributes.
- written_to_file -> write_to_file, same as pgstat_internal.h.
- Moved the new function to a pgstat_kind.c.
- Some extra changes and tweaks to the comments, the docs, some code.

The attached should do all that, hopefully. Any thoughts?
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Michael