Re: Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-05 Thread Michael Paquier
On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 12:41:09PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > Not sure which one is better than the other, TBH. Either way, we > still have a full release cycle to finalize that, and I am OK to > switch the name to something else if there are more folks in favor of > one, the other or even so

Re: Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-04 Thread Michael Paquier
On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 06:42:33PM +0900, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote: > More accurately, I believe this applies when the sentence follows a > verb-object structure. In this case, the function’s meaning is “pgstat > initialization on backend,” which seems somewhat different from the > policy you mentio

Re: Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-04 Thread Kyotaro Horiguchi
At Wed, 4 Sep 2024 15:04:09 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote in > On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 02:15:43PM +0900, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote: > > The name "init_backend" makes it sound like the function initializes > > the backend. backend_init might be a better choice, but I'm not sure. > > We (kind of) te

Re: Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-03 Thread Michael Paquier
On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 02:15:43PM +0900, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote: > The name "init_backend" makes it sound like the function initializes > the backend. backend_init might be a better choice, but I'm not sure. We (kind of) tend to prefer $verb_$thing-or-action_cb for the name of the callbacks, whi

Re: Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-03 Thread Kyotaro Horiguchi
At Tue, 3 Sep 2024 05:00:54 +, Bertrand Drouvot wrote in > Hi, > > On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 10:52:20AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Currently, the backend-level initialization of pgstats happens in > > pgstat_initialize(), where we are using a shortcut for the WAL stats

Re: Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-02 Thread Michael Paquier
On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 05:00:54AM +, Bertrand Drouvot wrote: > Should we add a few words about this new callback (and the others in > PgStat_KindInfo while at it) in the "Custom Cumulative Statistics" section of > xfunc.sgml? Not sure if it is worth having. This adds extra maintenance and th

Re: Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-02 Thread Bertrand Drouvot
Hi, On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 10:52:20AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > Hi all, > > Currently, the backend-level initialization of pgstats happens in > pgstat_initialize(), where we are using a shortcut for the WAL stats, > with pgstat_init_wal(). > > I'd like to propose to add a callback for tha

Add callback in pgstats for backend initialization

2024-09-02 Thread Michael Paquier
Hi all, Currently, the backend-level initialization of pgstats happens in pgstat_initialize(), where we are using a shortcut for the WAL stats, with pgstat_init_wal(). I'd like to propose to add a callback for that, so as in-core or custom pgstats kinds can assign custom actions when initializing