> On Apr 2, 2026, at 15:38, Chao Li <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 31, 2026, at 16:59, Chao Li <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2026, at 15:28, Chao Li <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> There is an XXX comment in WalSndWait():
>>> ```
>>>   * XXX: A desirable future improvement would be to add support for CVs
>>>   * into WaitEventSetWait().
>>> ```
>>> 
>>> I have been exploring a possible approach for that. This patch is a PoC 
>>> that adds ConditionVariable support to WaitEventSet. This v1 is mainly 
>>> intended to gather feedback on the design, so I have only done some basic 
>>> testing so far, such as a normal logical replication workflow.
>>> 
>>> I’d like to highlight a few key points about the design:
>>> 
>>> 1. In the current WalSndWait(), although it prepares to sleep on a 
>>> ConditionVariable, it does not actually check whether the CV has been 
>>> signaled. In this PoC, I kept that same behavior. However, I tried to make 
>>> the WaitEventSet support for CVs generic, so that if we want to add actual 
>>> signal checking in the future, that would be possible.
>>> 
>>> 2. To keep the design generic, this patch introduces a new wait event type, 
>>> WL_CONDITION_VARIABLE. A WL_CONDITION_VARIABLE event occupies a position in 
>>> the event array, similar to latch and socket events. When a CV is signaled, 
>>> the corresponding WL_CONDITION_VARIABLE event is returned in 
>>> occurred_events.
>>> 
>>> 3. The WaitEventSet APIs AddWaitEventToSet() and ModifyWaitEvent() are 
>>> extended to support CVs by adding one more parameter “cv" to both APIs. The 
>>> downside of this approach is that all call sites of these two APIs need to 
>>> be updated. I also considered adding separate APIs for CVs, such as 
>>> AddWaitEventToSetForCV() and ModifyWaitEventForCV(), since CVs do not rely 
>>> on the kernel and it might therefore make sense to decouple them from 
>>> socket and latch handling. But for v1, I chose the more generic approach. 
>>> I’d be interested in hearing comments on this part of the design.
>>> 
>>> 4. One important point is that this patch extends the WaitEventSet 
>>> abstraction, not the underlying kernel wait primitives. A ConditionVariable 
>>> is still a userspace/shared-memory concept, but with this design it can 
>>> participate in the same waiting framework as sockets and latches. I think 
>>> that is useful because it allows mixed waits to be handled through one 
>>> interface.
>>> 
>>> Here is the v1 patch.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> --
>>> Chao Li (Evan)
>>> HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
>>> https://www.highgo.com/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <v1-0001-Add-condition-variable-support-to-WaitEventSetWai.patch>
>> 
>> 
>> I just noticed that I missed checking in my last edit when switching to the 
>> other branch, so attaching an updated v1.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> --
>> Chao Li (Evan)
>> HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
>> https://www.highgo.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> <v1-0001-Add-condition-variable-support-to-WaitEventSetWai.patch>
> 
> PFA v2 - fixed a CI failure from contrib/postgres_fdw.
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Chao Li (Evan)
> HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
> https://www.highgo.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> <v2-0001-Add-condition-variable-support-to-WaitEventSetWai.patch>

Fixed a CI test failure and rebased.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/




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