Re: pgsql: Add function to log the memory contexts of specified backend pro - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2025/05/01 21:42, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
>> Just idea, what do you think about adding a flag to indicate whether
>> ProcessLogMemoryContextInterrupt() is currently running? Then,
>> when a backend receives a signal and ProcessLogMemoryContextInterrupt()
>> is invoked, it can simply return immediately if the flag is already set
>> like this:
> 
> I think that something like this could work, but you would need more
> than this. Otherwise, if the function errors out, the flag would
> remain permanently set.

Yes, we need to either use PG_TRY()/PG_FINALLY() or handle the flag as
a global variable and reset it in the error handling path. I think using
PG_TRY()/PG_FINALLY() is the simpler option.

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION