On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM Andres Freund <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 2025-11-19 21:47:49 -0500, Andres Freund wrote: > > 0001: A straight-up bugfix in lwlock.c - albeit for a bug that seems > > currently > > effectively harmless. > > Does anybody have opinions about whether to backpatch this fix? Given that it > has no real consequences I'm mildly inclined not to, but maybe there are cases > where the additional wait list lock cycle matters?
Since it is a mistake, I am mildly in favor of backporting to avoid confusion for future developers. It's pretty weird that LWLockWakeup() has to be called again to actually unset LW_FLAG_HAS_WAITERS. But since it's not really harmful, this is a very mild opinion. - Melanie
