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* [PATCH] POC: syslogger: add Boolean state indicating readiness
@ 2026-05-26 10:45  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-05-26 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)

This replaces a comparison of MyBackendType, which was made obsolete by
commit 0c8e082fba8d.
---
 src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c | 5 +++++
 src/backend/utils/error/elog.c     | 6 +++---
 src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h | 1 +
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
index acfe0a01715..d736f6a4fab 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ char	   *Log_filename = NULL;
 bool		Log_truncate_on_rotation = false;
 int			Log_file_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 
+/* for elog.c */
+bool		syslogger_setup_done = false;
+
 /*
  * Private state
  */
@@ -195,6 +198,8 @@ SysLoggerMain(const void *startup_data, size_t startup_data_len)
 	Assert(startup_data_len == 0);
 #endif
 
+	syslogger_setup_done = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * Now that we're done reading the startup data, release postmaster's
 	 * working memory context.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
index 50c53b571a0..a6936a0c664 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -3831,7 +3831,7 @@ send_message_to_server_log(ErrorData *edata)
 		 * pipe).  If this is not possible, fallback to an entry written to
 		 * stderr.
 		 */
-		if (redirection_done || MyBackendType == B_LOGGER)
+		if (redirection_done || syslogger_setup_done)
 			write_csvlog(edata);
 		else
 			fallback_to_stderr = true;
@@ -3845,7 +3845,7 @@ send_message_to_server_log(ErrorData *edata)
 		 * pipe).  If this is not possible, fallback to an entry written to
 		 * stderr.
 		 */
-		if (redirection_done || MyBackendType == B_LOGGER)
+		if (redirection_done || syslogger_setup_done)
 		{
 			write_jsonlog(edata);
 		}
@@ -3885,7 +3885,7 @@ send_message_to_server_log(ErrorData *edata)
 	}
 
 	/* If in the syslogger process, try to write messages direct to file */
-	if (MyBackendType == B_LOGGER)
+	if (syslogger_setup_done)
 		write_syslogger_file(buf.data, buf.len, LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR);
 
 	/* No more need of the message formatted for stderr */
diff --git a/src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h b/src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h
index 30c4b2daf3f..44409fc2542 100644
--- a/src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h
+++ b/src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT int syslogPipe[2];
 extern PGDLLIMPORT HANDLE syslogPipe[2];
 #endif
 
+extern bool syslogger_setup_done;
 
 extern int	SysLogger_Start(int child_slot);
 
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
-- 
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
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  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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* [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic
@ 2026-07-09 19:20  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
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From: Nathan Bossart @ 2026-07-09 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c | 51 ++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
index 37a21ffaf1a..17e98c9efdc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "storage/procsignal.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/sinvaladt.h"
-#include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/subsystems.h"
 
 /*
@@ -87,19 +86,10 @@
  * has no need to touch anyone's ProcState, except in the infrequent cases
  * when SICleanupQueue is needed.  The only point of overlap is that
  * the writer wants to change maxMsgNum while readers need to read it.
- * We deal with that by having a spinlock that readers must take for just
- * long enough to read maxMsgNum, while writers take it for just long enough
- * to write maxMsgNum.  (The exact rule is that you need the spinlock to
- * read maxMsgNum if you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need the
- * spinlock to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
- *
- * Note: since maxMsgNum is an int and hence presumably atomically readable/
- * writable, the spinlock might seem unnecessary.  The reason it is needed
- * is to provide a memory barrier: we need to be sure that messages written
- * to the array are actually there before maxMsgNum is increased, and that
- * readers will see that data after fetching maxMsgNum.  Multiprocessors
- * that have weak memory-ordering guarantees can fail without the memory
- * barrier instructions that are included in the spinlock sequences.
+ * We deal with that by making maxMsgNum an atomic variable.  (The exact rule
+ * is that you need to use a barrier-providing accessor to read maxMsgNum if
+ * you are not holding SInvalWriteLock, and you need a barrier-providing
+ * accessor to write maxMsgNum unless you are holding both locks.)
  */
 
 
@@ -169,11 +159,9 @@ typedef struct SISeg
 	 * General state information
 	 */
 	int			minMsgNum;		/* oldest message still needed */
-	int			maxMsgNum;		/* next message number to be assigned */
+	pg_atomic_uint32 maxMsgNum; /* next message number to be assigned */
 	int			nextThreshold;	/* # of messages to call SICleanupQueue */
 
-	slock_t		msgnumLock;		/* spinlock protecting maxMsgNum */
-
 	/*
 	 * Circular buffer holding shared-inval messages
 	 */
@@ -244,11 +232,10 @@ SharedInvalShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	/* Clear message counters, init spinlock */
+	/* Clear message counters */
 	shmInvalBuffer->minMsgNum = 0;
-	shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum = 0;
+	pg_atomic_init_u32(&shmInvalBuffer->maxMsgNum, 0);
 	shmInvalBuffer->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
-	SpinLockInit(&shmInvalBuffer->msgnumLock);
 
 	/* The buffer[] array is initially all unused, so we need not fill it */
 
@@ -306,7 +293,7 @@ SharedInvalBackendInit(bool sendOnly)
 
 	/* mark myself active, with all extant messages already read */
 	stateP->procPid = MyProcPid;
-	stateP->nextMsgNum = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	stateP->nextMsgNum = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	stateP->resetState = false;
 	stateP->signaled = false;
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
@@ -402,7 +389,7 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		 */
 		for (;;)
 		{
-			numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+			numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 			if (numMsgs + nthistime > MAXNUMMESSAGES ||
 				numMsgs >= segP->nextThreshold)
 				SICleanupQueue(true, nthistime);
@@ -413,17 +400,15 @@ SIInsertDataEntries(const SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int n)
 		/*
 		 * Insert new message(s) into proper slot of circular buffer
 		 */
-		max = segP->maxMsgNum;
+		max = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 		while (nthistime-- > 0)
 		{
 			segP->buffer[max % MAXNUMMESSAGES] = *data++;
 			max++;
 		}
 
-		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-		SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-		segP->maxMsgNum = max;
-		SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+		/* Update current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+		pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, max);
 
 		/*
 		 * Now that the maxMsgNum change is globally visible, we give everyone
@@ -509,10 +494,8 @@ SIGetDataEntries(SharedInvalidationMessage *data, int datasize)
 	 */
 	stateP->hasMessages = false;
 
-	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using spinlock */
-	SpinLockAcquire(&segP->msgnumLock);
-	max = segP->maxMsgNum;
-	SpinLockRelease(&segP->msgnumLock);
+	/* Fetch current value of maxMsgNum using barrier */
+	max = pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 
 	if (stateP->resetState)
 	{
@@ -598,7 +581,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * backends here it is possible for them to keep sending messages without
 	 * a problem even when they are the only active backend.
 	 */
-	min = segP->maxMsgNum;
+	min = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum);
 	minsig = min - SIG_THRESHOLD;
 	lowbound = min - MAXNUMMESSAGES + minFree;
 
@@ -644,7 +627,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	if (min >= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND)
 	{
 		segP->minMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
-		segP->maxMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
+		pg_atomic_fetch_sub_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum, MSGNUMWRAPAROUND);
 		for (i = 0; i < segP->numProcs; i++)
 			segP->procState[segP->pgprocnos[i]].nextMsgNum -= MSGNUMWRAPAROUND;
 	}
@@ -653,7 +636,7 @@ SICleanupQueue(bool callerHasWriteLock, int minFree)
 	 * Determine how many messages are still in the queue, and set the
 	 * threshold at which we should repeat SICleanupQueue().
 	 */
-	numMsgs = segP->maxMsgNum - segP->minMsgNum;
+	numMsgs = pg_atomic_read_u32(&segP->maxMsgNum) - segP->minMsgNum;
 	if (numMsgs < CLEANUP_MIN)
 		segP->nextThreshold = CLEANUP_MIN;
 	else
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2026-07-09 19:20 [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
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2026-07-09 19:20 [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
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2026-07-09 19:20 [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
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2026-07-09 19:20 [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
2026-07-09 19:20 [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
2026-07-09 19:20 [PATCH v1 1/8] convert SISeg->maxMsgNum to an atomic Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>

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