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* Re: Using Expanded Objects other than Arrays from plpgsql
@ 2024-10-20 19:19  Tom Lane <[email protected]>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2024-10-20 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michel Pelletier <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-general <[email protected]>

Michel Pelletier <[email protected]> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 10:13 AM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The other problem is that plpgsql only knows how to do such expansion
>> for arrays, and it's not obvious how to extend that part.

> Perhaps a third member function for ExpandedObjectMethods that formalizes
> the expansion interface like found in DatumGetExpandedArray?  I closely
> follow that same pattern in my code.

The trouble is we don't have an expanded object to consult at this
point --- only a flat Datum.  plpgsql has hard-wired knowledge that
it's okay to apply expand_array if the datatype passes the typisarray
tests, but I'm pretty unclear on how to provide similar knowledge for
extension datatypes.

			regards, tom lane






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* [PATCH v1 3/8] convert FixedParallelState->last_xlog_end to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 18:57  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
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From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 18:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c b/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c
index 89e9d224eec..57f5f26bbec 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/parallel.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "storage/ipc.h"
 #include "storage/predicate.h"
 #include "storage/proc.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
 #include "utils/combocid.h"
 #include "utils/guc.h"
@@ -101,11 +100,8 @@ typedef struct FixedParallelState
 	TimestampTz stmt_ts;
 	SerializableXactHandle serializable_xact_handle;
 
-	/* Mutex protects remaining fields. */
-	slock_t		mutex;
-
 	/* Maximum XactLastRecEnd of any worker. */
-	XLogRecPtr	last_xlog_end;
+	pg_atomic_uint64 last_xlog_end;
 } FixedParallelState;
 
 /*
@@ -358,8 +354,7 @@ InitializeParallelDSM(ParallelContext *pcxt)
 	fps->xact_ts = GetCurrentTransactionStartTimestamp();
 	fps->stmt_ts = GetCurrentStatementStartTimestamp();
 	fps->serializable_xact_handle = ShareSerializableXact();
-	SpinLockInit(&fps->mutex);
-	fps->last_xlog_end = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
+	pg_atomic_init_u64(&fps->last_xlog_end, InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 	shm_toc_insert(pcxt->toc, PARALLEL_KEY_FIXED, fps);
 
 	/* We can skip the rest of this if we're not budgeting for any workers. */
@@ -532,7 +527,7 @@ ReinitializeParallelDSM(ParallelContext *pcxt)
 
 	/* Reset a few bits of fixed parallel state to a clean state. */
 	fps = shm_toc_lookup(pcxt->toc, PARALLEL_KEY_FIXED, false);
-	fps->last_xlog_end = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
+	pg_atomic_write_u64(&fps->last_xlog_end, InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 
 	/* Recreate error queues (if they exist). */
 	if (pcxt->nworkers > 0)
@@ -900,10 +895,12 @@ WaitForParallelWorkersToFinish(ParallelContext *pcxt)
 	if (pcxt->toc != NULL)
 	{
 		FixedParallelState *fps;
+		XLogRecPtr	last_xlog_end;
 
 		fps = shm_toc_lookup(pcxt->toc, PARALLEL_KEY_FIXED, false);
-		if (fps->last_xlog_end > XactLastRecEnd)
-			XactLastRecEnd = fps->last_xlog_end;
+		last_xlog_end = pg_atomic_read_u64(&fps->last_xlog_end);
+		if (last_xlog_end > XactLastRecEnd)
+			XactLastRecEnd = last_xlog_end;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1596,10 +1593,7 @@ ParallelWorkerReportLastRecEnd(XLogRecPtr last_xlog_end)
 	FixedParallelState *fps = MyFixedParallelState;
 
 	Assert(fps != NULL);
-	SpinLockAcquire(&fps->mutex);
-	if (fps->last_xlog_end < last_xlog_end)
-		fps->last_xlog_end = last_xlog_end;
-	SpinLockRelease(&fps->mutex);
+	pg_atomic_monotonic_advance_u64(&fps->last_xlog_end, last_xlog_end);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)


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