Re: Improve LWLock tranche name visibility across backends

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 05:53:23PM -0500, Sami Imseih wrote:
>> I think this patch set will require reworking the "GetNamedLWLockTranche
>> crashes on Windows in normal backend" patch [0], but AFAICT we can easily
>> adjust it to scan through NamedLWLockTrancheNames instead.
> 
> Except, we will need to turn the char**NamedLWLockTranche into a struct
> that will hold the num_lwlocks as well. Something like. But that is doable.

Ah, right.

> If there is no interest to backpatch [0], maybe we should just make this
> change as part of this patch set. What do you think? I can make this change
> in v18.

I think we should keep that separate.  I don't see any benefit to combining
it, and it'd be good to keep the discussion in a single thread in the
archives for future reference.

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nathan