Re: postmaster.pid also contains shared memory key

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: yong321(at)yahoo(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postmaster.pid also contains shared memory key
Date: 2026-10-31 00:21:35
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 08:56:24PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> On this page, postmaster.pid is said to contain "shared memory segment ID".
> It would be better to say "shared memory segment key and ID". The second
> last line has two numbers, which are the shared memory segment key (in
> decimal instead of hex) and ID, respectively. This can be verified with
> `ipcs -m'. If you only say "ID", readers may ask, Which one is the ID?

Would you like to write a patch?
--
Michael

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