Operate XLogCtl->log{Write,Flush}Result with atomics
authorAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Fri, 5 Apr 2024 14:14:39 +0000 (16:14 +0200)
committerAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Fri, 5 Apr 2024 14:14:39 +0000 (16:14 +0200)
commitee1cbe806dad47674ded35427c6ba217531847d6
tree4754aa0dc50ae700e2358d4fc6c3e0860ef71e9f
parent6f132ed693b6a0be0997f092c42abf14878362ac
Operate XLogCtl->log{Write,Flush}Result with atomics

This removes the need to hold both the info_lck spinlock and
WALWriteLock to update them.  We use stock atomic write instead, with
WALWriteLock held.  Readers can use atomic read, without any locking.

This allows for some code to be reordered: some places were a bit
contorted to avoid repeated spinlock acquisition, but that's no longer a
concern, so we can turn them to more natural coding.  Some further
changes are possible (maybe to performance wins), but in this commit I
did rather minimal ones only, to avoid increasing the blast radius.

Reviewed-by: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> (earlier versions)
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20200831182156.GA3983@alvherre.pgsql
src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c