Re: [PATCH] Expose port->authn_id to extensions and triggers - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Jacob Champion <pchampion@vmware.com> writes:
> On Thu, 2022-03-17 at 18:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I think what we ought to do here is separate out the data that we think
>> parallel workers need access to.  It does not seem wise to say "workers
>> can access fields A,B,C of MyPort but not fields X,Y,Z".  I do not have
>> a concrete proposal for fixing it though.

> v6-0002 has my first attempt at this. I moved authn_id into its own
> substruct inside Port, which gets serialized with the parallel key
> machinery. (My name selection of "SharedPort" is pretty bland.)

Hm.  I was more envisioning getting the "sharable" info out of Port
entirely, although I'm not quite sure where it should go instead.

            regards, tom lane