Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:05:27 -0500
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>,
	Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>,
	Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>,
	pgsql-hackers mailing list <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: convert various variables to atomics
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On Sun, Aug 30, 2026 at 10:54:36PM +0500, Andrey Borodin wrote:
> This entry is currently Ready for Committer, but the last exchange seems
> to leave the signed-atomic API question open.  Andres objected to the
> general form, and Heikki suggested exposing only read, write and CAS.
> 
> Is the current patchset still the intended design, or should it be
> updated after that discussion?  I have moved the entry back to Needs
> Review until that is clear.

My interpretation is that the signed atomics stuff would be a follow-up
effort.  I'm still planning to commit the v2 patch set soon.

If you have questions about the status of one of my commitfest entries,
please ask before you change it.

-- 
nathan