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Re: small cleanup for s_lock.h

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> — 2026-05-07T21:28:09Z

On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 04:12:09PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 03:41:56PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * We can only define TAS_SPIN if TAS was defined.  Otherwise, the platform
>> + * defined its own S_LOCK without TAS, and therefore is responsible for
>> + * defining its own TAS_SPIN as well.  (Note that we currently do not have any
>> + * platforms that don't define TAS.)
>> + */
>>  #if !defined(TAS_SPIN)
>> +#if defined(TAS)
>>  #define TAS_SPIN(lock)	TAS(lock)
>> -#endif	 /* TAS_SPIN */
>> +#else
>> +#error Neither TAS nor TAS_SPIN defined on this platform.  Please report this to pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org.
>> +#endif	 /* TAS */
>> +#endif	 /* ! TAS_SPIN */
> 
> Wait, this isn't right.  TAS_SPIN is only used by s_lock(), which is only
> used by the default S_LOCK.  We should just not compile s_lock() if the
> platform defines its own S_LOCK, and we shouldn't #error here if TAS is not
> defined.

Should be fixed in v5, sorry for the noise.

-- 
nathan