Re: Compilation issues for HASH_STATISTICS and HASH_DEBUG options

On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 23:48, Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)
<kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com> wrote:
> I found that postgres could not be built if a complier option HASH_STATISTICS is
> set [1]. Also, I found HASH_DEBUG option caused warnings [2]. Usage of the are
> mentioned at the code comments in dynahash.c.

> [1]:
> ```
> dynahash.c: In function ‘hash_update_hash_key’:
> dynahash.c:1178:9: error: ‘hctl’ undeclared (first use in this function)
>  1178 |         hctl->accesses++;
>       |         ^~~~
> ```

Looks to be new to PG17 introduced in cc5ef90ed.

> [2]:
> ```
> dynahash.c: In function ‘init_htab’:
> dynahash.c:779:68: warning: format ‘%ld’ expects argument of type ‘long int’, but argument 12 has type ‘uint32’ {aka
‘unsignedint’} [-Wformat=] 
>   779 |         fprintf(stderr, "init_htab:\n%s%p\n%s%ld\n%s%ld\n%s%d\n%s%ld\n%s%u\n%s%x\n%s%x\n%s%ld\n",

This dates back to PG14 from be0a66666. Looks like the author
miscounted the parameter in the format string and deleted starting 1
parameter too soon.

I'll address these and backpatch once the freeze is lifted from the
backbranches. That should be quite soon.

Thanks

David