Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Per
> https://postgr.es/m/CAEepm=11ma_Z1HoPxPcSCANnh5ykHORa=HcA1U1V1+5S_jwPuA@mail.gmail.com
> it seems that the dsm.c API is a bit inconvenient right now. I proposed
> in the first patch in that thread to change the API so that a segment is
> marked as "pinned" if created with no ResourceOwner set as current;
> which is essentially the same as creating a fake one, then marking the
> segment as pinned.
>
> Thomas agrees with me, so I propose this patch as preparatory work for
> the autovacuum/BRIN stuff I'm interested in.
Here's the proposed patch.
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