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Re: pgsql: Add function to get memory context stats for processes

Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>

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From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-04-10T11:48:11Z
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Hi,

> Now one can take the position that PostGIS as dependent library hs to
> adapt, but I think "area" is too generic a name.  Could you envision
> renaming the global variable to something like "shm_area"?
>
> Attached is a patch for this change.
> I am not wedded to the name at all, it was just the first thing that
> popped into my head.

I agree that the name is too generic for an exported symbol.

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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  1. Rename global variable backing DSA area

  2. Add function to get memory context stats for processes