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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>2022-08-25 15:07:03 +0200
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>2022-08-25 15:07:03 +0200
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Move NON_EXEC_STATIC from c.h to postgres.h
It is not needed at the scope of c.h, only in backend code. Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/a6a6b48e-ca0a-b58d-18de-98e40d94b842%40enterprisedb.com
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diff --git a/src/include/postgres.h b/src/include/postgres.h
index 31358110dca..13903fa022a 100644
--- a/src/include/postgres.h
+++ b/src/include/postgres.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
* ------- ------------------------------------------------
* 1) variable-length datatypes (TOAST support)
* 2) Datum type + support macros
+ * 3) miscellaneous
*
* NOTES
*
@@ -805,4 +806,23 @@ extern Datum Float8GetDatum(float8 X);
#define Float8GetDatumFast(X) PointerGetDatum(&(X))
#endif
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Section 3: miscellaneous
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/*
+ * NON_EXEC_STATIC: It's sometimes useful to define a variable or function
+ * that is normally static but extern when using EXEC_BACKEND (see
+ * pg_config_manual.h). There would then typically be some code in
+ * postmaster.c that uses those extern symbols to transfer state between
+ * processes or do whatever other things it needs to do in EXEC_BACKEND mode.
+ */
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+#define NON_EXEC_STATIC
+#else
+#define NON_EXEC_STATIC static
+#endif
+
#endif /* POSTGRES_H */