Re: Remove last traces of HPPA support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi,

On 2024-08-01 10:09:07 +1200, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 7:07 AM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> > Note that I would like to add a user for S_LOCK_FREE(), to detect repeated
> > SpinLockRelease():
> > https://postgr.es/m/20240729182952.hua325647e2ggbsy%40awork3.anarazel.de
> 
> What about adding a "magic" member in assertion builds?  Here is my
> attempt at that, in 0002.

That changes the ABI, which we don't want, because it breaks using
extensions against a differently built postgres.

I don't really see a reason to avoid having S_LOCK_FREE(), am I missing
something? Previously the semaphore fallback was a reason, but that's gone
now...


Greetings,

Andres Freund