Explain why the startup process can't cause a shortage of sinval slots.

robertmhaas · robertmhaas · commit edea649afbce · 2022-03-29T09:24:24.000-04:00
Bharath Rupireddy, reviewed by Fujii Masao and Yura Sokolov. Lightly edited by me. Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CALj2ACU=3_frMkDp9UUeuZoAMjaK1y0Z_q5RFNbGvwi8NM==AA@mail.gmail.com
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/sinvaladt.c
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ SInvalShmemSize(void)
 	Size		size;
 
 	size = offsetof(SISeg, procState);
+
+	/*
+	 * In Hot Standby mode, the startup process requests a procState array
+	 * slot using InitRecoveryTransactionEnvironment(). Even though MaxBackends
+	 * doesn't account for the startup process, it is guaranteed to get a
+	 * free slot. This is because the autovacuum launcher and worker processes,
+	 * which are included in MaxBackends, are not started in Hot Standby mode.
+	 */
 	size = add_size(size, mul_size(sizeof(ProcState), GetMaxBackends()));
 
 	return size;
