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Re: problems with "Shared Memory and Semaphores" section of docs

Sami Imseih <simseih@amazon.com>

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From: "Imseih (AWS), Sami" <simseih@amazon.com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-05-21T23:15:14Z
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> Any concerns with doing something like this [0] for the back-branches? The
> constant would be 6 instead of 7 on v14 through v16.

As far as backpatching the present inconsistencies in the docs,
[0] looks good to me.

[0] https://postgr.es/m/attachment/160360/v1-0001-fix-kernel-resources-docs-on-back-branches.patch <https://postgr.es/m/attachment/160360/v1-0001-fix-kernel-resources-docs-on-back-branches.patch>


Regards,

Sami

Commits

  1. Introduce num_os_semaphores GUC.

  2. Fix documentation for POSIX semaphores.

  3. Fix documentation for System V semaphores.