Thread: Remove extra Logging_collector check before calling SysLogger_Start()

Hi,

It seems like there's an extra Logging_collector check before calling
SysLogger_Start(). Note that the SysLogger_Start() has a check to
return 0 if Logging_collector is off. This change is consistent with
the other usage of SysLogger_Start().

                /* If we have lost the log collector, try to start a new one */
-               if (SysLoggerPID == 0 && Logging_collector)
+               if (SysLoggerPID == 0)
                        SysLoggerPID = SysLogger_Start();

Attaching a tiny patch to fix. Thoughts?

Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.

> On 3 Dec 2021, at 08:58, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems like there's an extra Logging_collector check before calling
> SysLogger_Start(). Note that the SysLogger_Start() has a check to
> return 0 if Logging_collector is off. This change is consistent with
> the other usage of SysLogger_Start().
>
>                /* If we have lost the log collector, try to start a new one */
> -               if (SysLoggerPID == 0 && Logging_collector)
> +               if (SysLoggerPID == 0)
>                        SysLoggerPID = SysLogger_Start();

I think the code reads clearer with the Logging_collector check left intact,
and avoiding a function call in this codepath doesn't hurt.

--
Daniel Gustafsson        https://vmware.com/

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 1:43 PM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
>
> > On 3 Dec 2021, at 08:58, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It seems like there's an extra Logging_collector check before calling
> > SysLogger_Start(). Note that the SysLogger_Start() has a check to
> > return 0 if Logging_collector is off. This change is consistent with
> > the other usage of SysLogger_Start().
> >
> >                /* If we have lost the log collector, try to start a new one */
> > -               if (SysLoggerPID == 0 && Logging_collector)
> > +               if (SysLoggerPID == 0)
> >                        SysLoggerPID = SysLogger_Start();
>
> I think the code reads clearer with the Logging_collector check left intact,
> and avoiding a function call in this codepath doesn't hurt.

In that case, can we remove if (!Logging_collector) within
SysLogger_Start() and have the check outside? This will save function
call costs in the other places too. The pgarch_start and
AutoVacuumingActive have checks outside PgArchStartupAllowed and
AutoVacuumingActive.

Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.

On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 12:45:34PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I think it's fine as-is; good belt-and-suspenders-too programming.
> It's not like the extra check inside SysLogger_Start() is costly.

+1.
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Michael