Hi, thanks to the developers and reviewers.

It seems the data type of "num_mxids", which is the result of the 
"pg_get_multixact_stats" function, does not match the documentation. 
In pg_proc.dat, the data type is int8.
[pg_proc.dat]
+  proname => 'pg_get_multixact_stats', provolatile => 'v',
+  proallargtypes => '{int8,int8,int8,xid}', proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o}',

However, the documentation specifies it as an "integer".
[func-info.sgml]
+        ( <parameter>num_mxids</parameter> <type>integer</type>,
+          <parameter>num_members</parameter> <type>bigint</type>,

There may be debate about whether uint32 should be called integer or bigint, 
but I think it's better if the implementation and documentation are consistent. 
The small attached patch changes the data type of the num_mxids column in the 
documentation to "bigint" to match the implementation.

Regards,
Noriyoshi Shinoda

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Paquier <[email protected]> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 4:44 PM
To: Naga Appani <[email protected]>
Cc: Ashutosh Bapat <[email protected]>; Tomas Vondra 
<[email protected]>; Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]>; torikoshia 
<[email protected]>; Kirill Reshke <[email protected]>; 
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [Proposal] Expose internal MultiXact member count function for 
efficient monitoring

On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 08:57:11PM -0600, Naga Appani wrote:
> The oldest_multixact correctly advances to reflect the cleanup.
> 
> Thanks for adding the pg_read_all_stats privilege check!
> 
> I think this is ready for RFC.

Thanks for looking.  I have done an extra round of brush-up, then applied the 
set.  The buildfarm looks OK with it.
--
Michael

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