Re: introduce dynamic shared memory registry

On 20/12/2023 07:04, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 10:14:44AM -0600, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 10:49:23AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 3:32 AM Andrei Lepikhov
>>> <a(dot)lepikhov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> wrote:
>>>> 2. I think a separate file for this feature looks too expensive.
>>>> According to the gist of that code, it is a part of the DSA module.
>>>
>>> -1. I think this is a totally different thing than DSA. More files
>>> aren't nearly as expensive as the confusion that comes from smushing
>>> unrelated things together.
>>
>> Agreed. I think there's a decent chance that more functionality will be
>> added to this registry down the line, in which case it will be even more
>> important that this stuff stays separate from the tools it is built with.
>
> +1 for keeping a clean separation between both.

Thanks, I got the reason.
In that case, maybe change the test case to make it closer to real-life
usage - with locks and concurrent access (See attachment)?

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regards,
Andrei Lepikhov
Postgres Professional