Re: "postmaster became multithreaded" is reachable

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "postmaster became multithreaded" is reachable
Date: 2025-01-23 18:51:32
Message-ID: 209558.1737658292@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 01:22:13PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> An alternative idea (that maybe should also be done in PostmasterMain)
>> is to report the HINT only #ifdef __darwin__ and on other platforms
>> use the "Please report a bug" text.

> I gather pthread_is_threaded_np() is still macOS-only, in which case the
> !darwin branch would be future-proofing only.

Ah, I had not realized that. Perhaps the comments about this code
should mention that?

> Another alternative would be to track whether we reached the startup-time
> check, emitting a message at exit only if we did reach the startup-time check.
> If a postmaster passes the startup-time check and fails the exit-time check,
> changing the environment won't help. Even so, I'm content with your first
> proposal.

Yeah, seems like overcomplication. Let's go with the simple way.

regards, tom lane

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