bgwriter.h

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * bgwriter.h
 *    Exports from postmaster/bgwriter.c and postmaster/checkpointer.c.
 *
 * The bgwriter process used to handle checkpointing duties too.  Now
 * there is a separate process, but we did not bother to split this header.
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2024, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 *
 * src/include/postmaster/bgwriter.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef _BGWRITER_H
#define _BGWRITER_H
 
#include "storage/block.h"
#include "storage/relfilelocator.h"
#include "storage/smgr.h"
#include "storage/sync.h"
 
 
/* GUC options */
extern PGDLLIMPORT int BgWriterDelay;
extern PGDLLIMPORT int CheckPointTimeout;
extern PGDLLIMPORT int CheckPointWarning;
extern PGDLLIMPORT double CheckPointCompletionTarget;
 
extern void BackgroundWriterMain(char *startup_data, size_t startup_data_len) pg_attribute_noreturn();
extern void CheckpointerMain(char *startup_data, size_t startup_data_len) pg_attribute_noreturn();
 
extern void RequestCheckpoint(int flags);
extern void CheckpointWriteDelay(int flags, double progress);
 
extern bool ForwardSyncRequest(const FileTag *ftag, SyncRequestType type);
 
extern void AbsorbSyncRequests(void);
 
extern Size CheckpointerShmemSize(void);
extern void CheckpointerShmemInit(void);
 
extern bool FirstCallSinceLastCheckpoint(void);
 
#endif                          /* _BGWRITER_H */