Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > This seems like it's straight out of the department of pointless > abstraction layers. Maybe we should remove all of the S_WHATEVER() > stuff and just define SpinLockAcquire() where we currently define > S_LOCK(), SpinLockRelease() where we currently define S_UNLOCK(), etc. > And, as you say, make them static inline functions while we're at it.
The macros are kind of necessary unless you want to make s_lock.h a bunch messier, because we use #ifdef tests on them. We could get rid of the double layer of macros, sure, but TBH that sounds like change for the sake of change rather than a useful improvement. regards, tom lane