Re: BUG #4941: pg_stat_statements crash

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: "" <alr(dot)nospamforme(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4941: pg_stat_statements crash
Date: 2009-07-27 02:28:18
Message-ID: 21301.1248661698@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> We should call [Read dumpfile] routine only once even on Windows.

Seems to me that you should simply do the load only when found is false.

> How about executing the routine during AddinShmemInitLock is taken?

You should not hold AddinShmemInitLock any longer than really necessary.
I don't think there is a need for locking here anyway, though, since
found should be false only in the postmaster.

> The best solution might be to call shmem_startup_hook only once
> every platforms, but it is difficult without fork().

We're not changing that. This is a bug in pgss_shmem_startup.

regards, tom lane

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