Re: remove volatile qualifiers from pg_stat_statements

From: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: remove volatile qualifiers from pg_stat_statements
Date: 2024-07-31 07:01:38
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Hi,

On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 01:24:54PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> While looking into converting pgssEntry->mutex to an LWLock (per a
> suggestion elsewhere [0]), I noticed that pg_stat_statements uses
> "volatile" quite liberally. IIUC we can remove these as of commit 0709b7e
> (like commits 8f6bb85, df4077c, and 6ba4ecb did in other areas). All of
> the uses in pg_stat_statements except those added by commit 9fbc3f3 predate
> that commit (0709b7e), and I assume commit 9fbc3f3 was just following the
> examples in surrounding code.
>
> Am I missing something? Or can we remove these qualifiers now?

I share the same understanding and I think those can be removed.

The patch LGTM.

Regards,

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Bertrand Drouvot
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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