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Add backendType to PGPROC, replacing isRegularBackend
authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:06:04 +0000 (13:06 +0200)
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:06:04 +0000 (13:06 +0200)
commit084e42bc7109673e46527b0a0f284edf539c3285
treebe9c0483e0803e9d1a6b08ddecbc12e1c76842ed
parent4cfce4e62c8f09f5b1f6a7f69760ca46a74406e2
Add backendType to PGPROC, replacing isRegularBackend

We can immediately make use of it in pg_signal_backend(), which
previously fetched the process type from the backend status array with
pgstat_get_backend_type_by_proc_number(). That was correct but felt a
little questionable to me: backend status should be for observability
purposes only, not for permission checks.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/b77e4962-a64a-43db-81a1-580444b3e8f5@iki.fi
src/backend/access/transam/twophase.c
src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
src/backend/storage/ipc/signalfuncs.c
src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
src/backend/utils/activity/backend_status.c
src/include/storage/proc.h
src/include/utils/backend_status.h