Re: pgsql: Remove unused wait events.

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <akapila(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Remove unused wait events.
Date: 2021-10-25 18:01:22
Message-ID: 20211025180122.th5rm5mhg766qd2u@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2021-10-25 13:39:44 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> > Since this will cause integer values to have different textual enum value
> > representations in 14 and 15+, do we want to skip two numbers by assigning the
> > next wait event the integer value of WAIT_EVENT_WAL_WRITE incremented by three?
> > Or enum integer reuse not something we guarantee against across major versions?
>
> We require a recompile across major versions. I don't see a reason why
> this particular enum needs more stability than any other one.

+1. That'd end up pushing us to be more conservative about defining new wait
events, which I think would be bad tradeoff.

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