On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM Rahila Syed <rahilasye...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> v17-0002-Function-to-report-memory-context-statistics.patch
>>
>> + if (procNumber == MyProcNumber)
>> + {
>> + ereport(WARNING,
>> + errmsg("cannot return statistics for local backend"),
>> + errhint("Use pg_backend_memory_contexts view instead."));
>> + PG_RETURN_NULL();
>> + }
>>
>> Is it worth it to keep this restriction? Can we fetch info about
>> local memory context for the sake of generality?
>>
>
> I think that could be done, but using pg_backend_memory_context would
> be more efficient in this case.
>
I have raised a similar concern before. Having two separate functions
one for local backend and other for remote is going to be confusing.
We should have one function doing both and renamed appropriately.
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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat
