On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 11:07:49AM +0530, Bharath Rupireddy wrote:
> Why to block multiple readers (if at all there exists any), with
> LWLockHeldByMeInMode(..., LW_EXCLUSIVE)? I think
> Assert(LWLockHeldByMe(AddinShmemInitLock)); suffices in
> GetNamedLWLockTranche.
I am not sure to follow this argument. Why would it make sense for
anybody to use that in shared mode? We document that the exclusive
mode is required because we retrieve the lock position in shmem that
an extension needs to know about when it initializes its own shmem
state, and that cannot be done safely without LW_EXCLUSIVE. Any
extension I can find in https://codesearch.debian.net/ does that as
well.
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Michael