Re: Autogenerate some wait events code and documentation

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: "Drouvot, Bertrand" <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-07-10T05:20:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 07:05:30AM +0200, Drouvot, Bertrand wrote:
> Yeah there is one in generate-wait_event_types.pl. I was wondering
> to add one in wait_event_names.txt too (as this is the place where
> no wait events would be added if any).

Hmm.  Something like that could be done, for instance:

 #   src/backend/utils/activity/wait_event_types.h
-#      typedef enum definitions for wait events.
+#      typedef enum definitions for wait events, generated from the first
+#      field.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Add "ABI_compatibility" regions to wait_event_names.txt

  2. Remove column for wait event names in wait_event_names.txt

  3. Use more consistent names for wait event objects and types

  4. Add information about line contents on parsing failure of wait_event_names.txt

  5. Remove double quotes from the second column of wait_event_names.txt

  6. Generate automatically code and documentation related to wait events

  7. Refactor some code related to wait events "BufferPin" and "Extension"

  8. doc: Fix ordering of entries in wait event table for I/O type