Re: shm_toc_lookup API

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: shm_toc_lookup API
Date: 2017-06-05 19:10:05
Message-ID: 20170605191005.hi2j2wfw2g3aucdq@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2017-06-05 15:06:06 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> > On 2017-06-05 14:57:10 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Meh. Without volatile, I think that the compiler would be within its
> >> rights to elide the nentry local variable and re-fetch toc->toc_nentry
> >> each time through the loop.
>
> > I don't think that's true.
>
> Perhaps not, but I'm not quite convinced. Anyway it doesn't matter,
> at least not here.

If not, we have a bunch of bugs in other files. So if there are
concerns, we should better resolve them.

- Andres

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