Hello, I am new to PostgreSQLcommunity, but I would like to become a contributer eventually. I have readthrough your "Submitting Patch" guide and decided to follow "Start with submitting a patch that is small anduncontroversial to help them understand you, and to get you familiar with theoverall process" suggestion.
I am interested inplatform-specific spinlock implementation, so I looked at s_lock.h file for possibleimprovement. Since it took me some time to find possible areas of improvement,I would like to submit a small patch that would facilitate the process forfuture contributors (including myself). Since this is my first e-mail, pleaselet me know if I should have done something differently in order to submit apatch for the community. Project name: Spinlock Documentation Uniquely identifiable file name: s_lock.h What the patch does: The patch implements addition to documentation in thementioned above file. This addition outlines the current platform-specificimplementations for an easy road map to what else could be done. Whether the patch is for discussion or forapplication: This patch is for application. Which branch the patch is against: This patch is against master branch. Whether it compiles and tests successfully: The changes allow for successful compilation andtesting. Whether it contains any platform-specificitems and if so, has it been tested on other platforms: This patch doesn’t have any platform-specific items. Confirm that the patch includes regression tests to check the newfeature actually works as described. Since this is documentation improvement, regressiontests are not needed. Include documentation on how to use the newfeature, including examples: Since it’s documentation improvement, nodocumentation is needed for documentation. Describe the effect your patch has onperformance, if any: No effect on performance. Unless we are talking aboutdeveloper’s performance. Try to include a few lines about why youchose to do things particular ways: I have decided to include the mentioned documentationto outline the areas that need improvement. Any developer, looking forplatform-specific code improvement implementation can now easily find theneeded area. Thankyou for your time and help, ArtemLuzyanin
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