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commit    ef4c35b4166e3c99558eba1bc324b2fde61d6ed5
Author:   Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Date:     Thu Aug 01 20:23:47 2024 +0000

    Fix outdated comment; all running bgworkers are in BackendList
    
    Before commit 8a02b3d732, only bgworkers that connected to a database
    had an entry in the Backendlist. Commit 8a02b3d732 changed that, but
    forgot to update this comment.
    
    Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/835232c0-a5f7-4f20-b95b-5b56ba57d741@iki.fi


 src/include/postmaster/bgworker_internals.h | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/postmaster/bgworker_internals.h b/src/include/postmaster/bgworker_internals.h
index 9106a0ef3f0..61ba54117a8 100644
--- a/src/include/postmaster/bgworker_internals.h
+++ b/src/include/postmaster/bgworker_internals.h
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
 /*
  * List of background workers, private to postmaster.
  *
- * A worker that requests a database connection during registration will have
- * rw_backend set, and will be present in BackendList.  Note: do not rely on
- * rw_backend being non-NULL for shmem-connected workers!
+ * All workers that are currently running will have rw_backend set, and will
+ * be present in BackendList.
  */
 typedef struct RegisteredBgWorker
 {
 	BackgroundWorker rw_worker; /* its registry entry */
-	struct bkend *rw_backend;	/* its BackendList entry, or NULL */
+	struct bkend *rw_backend;	/* its BackendList entry, or NULL if not
+								 * running */
 	pid_t		rw_pid;			/* 0 if not running */
 	int			rw_child_slot;
 	TimestampTz rw_crashed_at;	/* if not 0, time it last crashed */


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