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* [PATCH v7 2/4] Use int64 to represent instr_time on all platforms
@ 2023-01-17 04:38  Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2023-01-17 04:38 UTC (permalink / raw)

Until now we used struct timespec on all platforms but windows. That causes a
fair bit of memory (struct timeval is 16 bytes) and runtime overhead (much
more complicated additions). Instead we can convert the time to nanoseconds in
INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(), making the remaining operations cheaper.

Representing time as int64 nanoseconds provides sufficient range, ~292 years
relative to a starting point (depending on clock source, relative to the unix
epoch or the system's boot time). That'd not be sufficient for calendar time
stored on disk, but is plenty for runtime interval time measurement.

On windows instr_time already is represented as cycles. It might make sense to
represent time as cycles on other platforms as well, as using cycle
acquisition instructions like rdtsc directly can reduce the overhead of time
acquisition substantially. This could be done in a fairly localized manner as
the code stands after this commit.

Because the windows and non-windows paths are now more similar, use a common
set of macros. To make that possible, most of the use of LARGE_INTEGER had to
be removed, which looks nicer anyway.

Author: Andres Freund <[email protected]>
Author: Lukas Fittl <[email protected]>
Author: David Geier <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
---
 src/include/portability/instr_time.h | 149 +++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
index 9ea1a68bd94..185be8d5cad 100644
--- a/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
+++ b/src/include/portability/instr_time.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
  *
  * INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t)		convert t to uint64 (in microseconds)
  *
+ * INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t)		convert t to uint64 (in nanoseconds)
+ *
  * Note that INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT and INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF convert
  * absolute times to intervals.  The INSTR_TIME_GET_xxx operations are
  * only useful on intervals.
@@ -54,8 +56,26 @@
 #ifndef INSTR_TIME_H
 #define INSTR_TIME_H
 
+
+/*
+ * On all platforms we store time using a 64bit integer - they're cheap to
+ * add/subtract, the most common operations. The acquisition of time
+ * and converting to specific units of time is platform specific.
+ */
+
+typedef int64 instr_time;
+
+
+/* helpers macros used in platform specific code below */
+
+#define NS_PER_S	INT64CONST(1000000000)
+#define NS_PER_MS	INT64CONST(1000000)
+#define NS_PER_US	INT64CONST(1000)
+
+
 #ifndef WIN32
 
+
 /* Use clock_gettime() */
 
 #include <time.h>
@@ -80,93 +100,39 @@
 #define PG_INSTR_CLOCK	CLOCK_REALTIME
 #endif
 
-typedef struct timespec instr_time;
+/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */
+static inline instr_time
+pg_clock_gettime_ns(void)
+{
+	struct timespec tmp;
 
-#define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t)	((t).tv_nsec == 0 && (t).tv_sec == 0)
+	clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &tmp);
 
-#define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t).tv_sec = 0, (t).tv_nsec = 0)
+	return tmp.tv_sec * NS_PER_S + tmp.tv_nsec;
+}
 
-#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t)	((void) clock_gettime(PG_INSTR_CLOCK, &(t)))
+#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
+	((t) = pg_clock_gettime_ns())
 
-#define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
-	do { \
-		(x).tv_sec += (y).tv_sec; \
-		(x).tv_nsec += (y).tv_nsec; \
-		/* Normalize */ \
-		while ((x).tv_nsec >= 1000000000) \
-		{ \
-			(x).tv_nsec -= 1000000000; \
-			(x).tv_sec++; \
-		} \
-	} while (0)
+#define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \
+	((uint64) (t))
 
-#define INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(x,y) \
-	do { \
-		(x).tv_sec -= (y).tv_sec; \
-		(x).tv_nsec -= (y).tv_nsec; \
-		/* Normalize */ \
-		while ((x).tv_nsec < 0) \
-		{ \
-			(x).tv_nsec += 1000000000; \
-			(x).tv_sec--; \
-		} \
-	} while (0)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(x,y,z) \
-	do { \
-		(x).tv_sec += (y).tv_sec - (z).tv_sec; \
-		(x).tv_nsec += (y).tv_nsec - (z).tv_nsec; \
-		/* Normalize after each add to avoid overflow/underflow of tv_nsec */ \
-		while ((x).tv_nsec < 0) \
-		{ \
-			(x).tv_nsec += 1000000000; \
-			(x).tv_sec--; \
-		} \
-		while ((x).tv_nsec >= 1000000000) \
-		{ \
-			(x).tv_nsec -= 1000000000; \
-			(x).tv_sec++; \
-		} \
-	} while (0)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	(((double) (t).tv_sec) + ((double) (t).tv_nsec) / 1000000000.0)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	(((double) (t).tv_sec * 1000.0) + ((double) (t).tv_nsec) / 1000000.0)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	(((uint64) (t).tv_sec * (uint64) 1000000) + (uint64) ((t).tv_nsec / 1000))
 
 #else							/* WIN32 */
 
+
 /* Use QueryPerformanceCounter() */
 
-typedef LARGE_INTEGER instr_time;
+/* helper for INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT */
+static inline instr_time
+pg_query_performance_counter(void)
+{
+	LARGE_INTEGER t;
 
-#define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t)	((t).QuadPart == 0)
+	QueryPerformanceCounter(&t);
 
-#define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t).QuadPart = 0)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t)	QueryPerformanceCounter(&(t))
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
-	((x).QuadPart += (y).QuadPart)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(x,y) \
-	((x).QuadPart -= (y).QuadPart)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(x,y,z) \
-	((x).QuadPart += (y).QuadPart - (z).QuadPart)
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
-	(((double) (t).QuadPart) / GetTimerFrequency())
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
-	(((double) (t).QuadPart * 1000.0) / GetTimerFrequency())
-
-#define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
-	((uint64) (((double) (t).QuadPart * 1000000.0) / GetTimerFrequency()))
+	return t.QuadPart;
+}
 
 static inline double
 GetTimerFrequency(void)
@@ -177,11 +143,42 @@ GetTimerFrequency(void)
 	return (double) f.QuadPart;
 }
 
+#define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t) \
+	((t) = pg_query_performance_counter())
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) \
+	((uint64) (((t) * NS_PER_S) / GetTimerFrequency()))
+
 #endif							/* WIN32 */
 
-/* same macro on all platforms */
+
+/*
+ * Common macros
+ */
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t)	((t) == 0)
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(t)	((t) = 0)
 
 #define INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT_LAZY(t) \
 	(INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(t) ? INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(t), true : false)
 
+#define INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(t) \
+	((double) INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) / NS_PER_S)
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_GET_MILLISEC(t) \
+	((double) INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) / NS_PER_MS)
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_GET_MICROSEC(t) \
+	(INSTR_TIME_GET_NANOSEC(t) / NS_PER_US)
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_ADD(x,y) \
+	((x) += (y))
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(x,y) \
+	((x) -= (y))
+
+#define INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(x,y,z) \
+	((x) += (y) - (z))
+
 #endif							/* INSTR_TIME_H */
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 93+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 7/8] convert ParallelBlockTableScanDescData->phs_{start,num}block to atomics
@ 2026-07-09 20:21  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
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From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/table/tableam.c       | 59 +++++++++++-------------
 src/include/access/relscan.h             |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index bf87430cf01..0f24a132564 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ heapam_scan_get_blocks_done(HeapScanDesc hscan)
 	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel != NULL)
 	{
 		bpscan = (ParallelBlockTableScanDesc) hscan->rs_base.rs_parallel;
-		startblock = bpscan->phs_startblock;
+		startblock = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock);
 	}
 	else
 		startblock = hscan->rs_startblock;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
index 68ff0966f1c..f2038ea9205 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/tableam.c
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ table_block_parallelscan_initialize(Relation rel, ParallelTableScanDesc pscan)
 	bpscan->base.phs_syncscan = synchronize_seqscans &&
 		!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(rel) &&
 		bpscan->phs_nblocks > NBuffers / 4;
-	SpinLockInit(&bpscan->phs_mutex);
-	bpscan->phs_startblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
-	bpscan->phs_numblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_startblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&bpscan->phs_numblock, InvalidBlockNumber);
 	pg_atomic_init_u64(&bpscan->phs_nallocated, 0);
 
 	return sizeof(ParallelBlockTableScanDescData);
@@ -459,25 +458,22 @@ table_block_parallelscan_startblock_init(Relation rel,
 	StaticAssertDecl(MaxBlockNumber <= 0xFFFFFFFE,
 					 "pg_nextpower2_32 may be too small for non-standard BlockNumber width");
 
-	BlockNumber sync_startpage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	BlockNumber scan_nblocks;
 
 	/* Reset the state we use for controlling allocation size. */
 	memset(pbscanwork, 0, sizeof(*pbscanwork));
 
-retry:
-	/* Grab the spinlock. */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * When the caller specified a limit on the number of blocks to scan, set
 	 * that in the ParallelBlockTableScanDesc, if it's not been done by
 	 * another worker already.
 	 */
-	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber &&
-		pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (numblocks != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		pbscan->phs_numblock = numblocks;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock, &expected,
+									   numblocks);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -485,36 +481,35 @@ retry:
 	 * so now.  If a startblock was specified, start there, otherwise if this
 	 * is not a synchronized scan, we just start at block 0, but if it is a
 	 * synchronized scan, we must get the starting position from the
-	 * synchronized scan machinery.  We can't hold the spinlock while doing
-	 * that, though, so release the spinlock, get the information we need, and
-	 * retry.  If nobody else has initialized the scan in the meantime, we'll
-	 * fill in the value we fetched on the second time through.
+	 * synchronized scan machinery.
+	 *
+	 * If another worker initializes phs_startblock concurrently, just use
+	 * their value.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_startblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
+		BlockNumber newstartblock;
+		uint32		expected = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 		if (startblock != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = startblock;
+			newstartblock = startblock;
 		else if (!pbscan->base.phs_syncscan)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = 0;
-		else if (sync_startpage != InvalidBlockNumber)
-			pbscan->phs_startblock = sync_startpage;
+			newstartblock = 0;
 		else
-		{
-			SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
-			sync_startpage = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+			newstartblock = ss_get_location(rel, pbscan->phs_nblocks);
+
+		pg_atomic_compare_exchange_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock, &expected,
+									   newstartblock);
 	}
-	SpinLockRelease(&pbscan->phs_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many blocks we're going to scan; either all of them, or
 	 * just phs_numblock's worth, if a limit has been imposed.
 	 */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We determine the chunk size based on scan_nblocks.  First we split
@@ -595,10 +590,10 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	 */
 
 	/* First, figure out how many blocks we're planning on scanning */
-	if (pbscan->phs_numblock == InvalidBlockNumber)
+	if (pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock) == InvalidBlockNumber)
 		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 	else
-		scan_nblocks = pbscan->phs_numblock;
+		scan_nblocks = pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_numblock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now check if we have any remaining blocks in a previous chunk for this
@@ -644,7 +639,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 	if (nallocated >= scan_nblocks)
 		page = InvalidBlockNumber;	/* all blocks have been allocated */
 	else
-		page = (nallocated + pbscan->phs_startblock) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
+		page = (nallocated + pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock)) % pbscan->phs_nblocks;
 
 	/*
 	 * Report scan location.  Normally, we report the current page number.
@@ -658,7 +653,7 @@ table_block_parallelscan_nextpage(Relation rel,
 		if (page != InvalidBlockNumber)
 			ss_report_location(rel, page);
 		else if (nallocated == pbscan->phs_nblocks)
-			ss_report_location(rel, pbscan->phs_startblock);
+			ss_report_location(rel, pg_atomic_read_u32(&pbscan->phs_startblock));
 	}
 
 	return page;
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h
index 2ea06a67a63..2305d0159f3 100644
--- a/src/include/access/relscan.h
+++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "nodes/tidbitmap.h"
 #include "port/atomics.h"
 #include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
 
 
@@ -99,10 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ParallelBlockTableScanDescData
 	ParallelTableScanDescData base;
 
 	BlockNumber phs_nblocks;	/* # blocks in relation at start of scan */
-	slock_t		phs_mutex;		/* mutual exclusion for setting startblock */
-	BlockNumber phs_startblock; /* starting block number */
-	BlockNumber phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber if
-								 * no limit */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_startblock;	/* starting block number */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 phs_numblock;	/* # blocks to scan, or InvalidBlockNumber
+									 * if no limit */
 	pg_atomic_uint64 phs_nallocated;	/* number of blocks allocated to
 										 * workers so far. */
 }			ParallelBlockTableScanDescData;
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