Re: pg_shmem_allocations view

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_shmem_allocations view
Date: 2014-05-06 12:06:30
Message-ID: 5368D046.70301@vmware.com
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On 05/06/2014 02:59 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> >Why would we call multiple segments the same thing??
> It's not clear to me how someone is going to intelligently name
> multiple segments used by the same extension. Maybe they'll give them
> all the same name. Maybe they'll name them all extension_name.pid.
> More than likely, different extensions will use different conventions.
> :-(

That seems sensible to me. The best scheme will depend on how the
segments are used. Best to leave it to the extension author.

- Heikki

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