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Re: Better shared data structure management and resizable shared data structures

Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>

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From: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, chaturvedipalak1911@gmail.com
Date: 2026-03-25T16:05:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM Ashutosh Bapat
<ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I will continue from 0008 tomorrow.
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I reviewed the documentation part of 0008. I have a few edits attached.

I have just one comment that's not covered in the edits

@@ -4254,8 +4254,8 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx
<para>
Anonymous allocations are allocations that have been made
with <literal>ShmemAlloc()</literal> directly, rather than via
- <literal>ShmemInitStruct()</literal> or
- <literal>ShmemInitHash()</literal>.
+ <literal>ShmemRequestStruct()</literal> or
+ <literal>ShmemRequestHash()</literal>.
</para>

ShmemInitStruct() and ShmemInitHash() are still the functions to
allocate named structures. If we are going to keep ShmemInitStruct()
and ShmemInitHash() around for a while, I think it is more accurate to
mention them in this sentence along with the new functions.

Will continue reviewing the patch tomorrow.

-- 
Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat

Commits

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  1. Tidy up #ifdef USE_INJECTION_POINTS guards

  2. Convert all remaining subsystems to use the new shmem allocation API

  3. Convert buffer manager to use the new shmem allocation functions

  4. Add alignment option to ShmemRequestStruct()

  5. Convert AIO to use the new shmem allocation functions

  6. Convert SLRUs to use the new shmem allocation functions

  7. Refactor shmem initialization code in predicate.c

  8. Use the new shmem allocation functions in a few core subsystems

  9. Convert lwlock.c to use the new shmem allocation functions

  10. Introduce a registry of built-in shmem subsystems

  11. Convert pg_stat_statements to use the new shmem allocation functions

  12. Add a test module to test after-startup shmem allocations

  13. Introduce a new mechanism for registering shared memory areas

  14. Move some code from shmem.c and shmem.h

  15. Improve test_lwlock_tranches

  16. Test pg_stat_statements across crash restart

  17. Refactor PredicateLockShmemInit to not reuse var for different things

  18. Refactor ShmemIndex initialization

  19. Add a new shmem_request_hook hook.