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Re: make MaxBackends available in _PG_init

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>, "wangsh.fnst@fujitsu.com" <wangsh.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-04-14T16:39:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 12:22 PM Nathan Bossart
> <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'd be in favor of a hard break.

>> Yeah, this is a good point.  If we're okay with breaking existing
>> extensions like this, I will work on a patch.

> I tend to think it's a good idea.

I've come around to that view as well.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Add a new shmem_request_hook hook.

  2. Remove non-functional code for unloading loadable modules.

  3. Fix misleading comments about background worker registration.

  4. Revert the addition of GetMaxBackends() and related stuff.

  5. Fix typo in multixact.c

  6. Reduce more the number of calls to GetMaxBackends()

  7. Remove MaxBackends variable in favor of GetMaxBackends() function.

  8. Fix comments about bgworker registration before MaxBackends initialization

  9. Fix bogus assertion in BootstrapModeMain().

  10. Make sure MaxBackends is always set