Hi, On 2022-04-11 14:14:35 -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 01:44:42PM -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 04:36:36PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > >> If we throw an error while defining_custom_guc is true, how will it > >> ever again become false? > > > > Ah, I knew I was forgetting something this morning. > > > > It won't, but the only place it is presently needed is when loading > > shared_preload_libraries, so I believe startup will fail anyway. However, > > I can see defining_custom_guc being used elsewhere, so that is probably not > > good enough. Another approach could be to add a static > > set_config_option_internal() function with a boolean argument to indicate > > whether it is being used while defining a custom GUC. I'll adjust 0003 > > with that approach unless a better idea prevails. > > Here's a new patch set. I've only changed 0003 as described above. My > apologies for the unnecessary round trip.
ISTM we shouldn't apply 0002, 0003 to master before we've branches 15 off.. Greetings, Andres Freund