From: Jeroen van Vianen <jeroenv@design.nl>

Attached patch will add a version() function to Postges, e.g.

template1=> select version();
version
------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 6.3.2 on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.8.1
(1 row)

src/backend/storage/buffer/Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for storage/buffer
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/Makefile,v 1.7 1998/04/06 00:24:58 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/Makefile,v 1.8 1998/04/29 12:37:51 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ depend dep:
 	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) *.c >depend
 
 clean: 
-	rm -f SUBSYS.o $(OBJS)
+	rm -f SUBSYS.o $(OBJS) tas_test
+
+tas_test: s_lock.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DTAS_TEST=1 -g s_lock.c -o tas_test
+	./tas_test
 
 ifeq (depend,$(wildcard depend))
 include depend

src/backend/utils/adt/Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for utils/adt
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/Makefile,v 1.12 1998/04/06 00:26:19 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/Makefile,v 1.13 1998/04/29 12:38:01 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ OBJS = acl.o arrayfuncs.o arrayutils.o bool.o cash.o char.o chunk.o date.o \
 	misc.o nabstime.o name.o not_in.o numutils.o oid.o \
 	oidname.o oidint2.o oidint4.o oracle_compat.o regexp.o regproc.o  \
 	selfuncs.o \
-	tid.o varchar.o varlena.o sets.o datetime.o like.o timestamp.o
+	tid.o varchar.o varlena.o sets.o datetime.o like.o timestamp.o version.o
 
 all: SUBSYS.o
 

src/backend/utils/adt/version.c

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * version.c--
+ *   Returns the version string
+ *
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ *
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/version.c,v 1.1 1998/04/29 12:38:05 scrappy Exp $
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+#include "version.h"
+
+
+text*  version(void);
+
+text*  version(void)
+{
+	int  n = strlen(PG_VERSION_STR) + VARHDRSZ;
+	text  *ret = (text *) palloc(n);
+
+	VARSIZE(ret) = n;
+	strcpy(VARDATA(ret), PG_VERSION_STR);
+
+	return ret;
+}

src/configure.in

@@ -300,6 +300,14 @@ else
 	AC_PROG_CC
 fi
 
+if test "$CC" = "gcc"
+then
+	CC_VERSION=`${CC} --version`
+else
+	CC_VERSION=""
+fi
+AC_SUBST(CC_VERSION)
+
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PGSQL_CPPFLAGS"
 export CPPFLAGS
 echo "- setting CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS"
@@ -413,7 +421,7 @@ if test "$TRSTRINGS" = "ABCDEF"; then
 elif test "$TRCLASS" = "ABCDEF"; then
 	TRARGS="'[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'"
 else
-	AC_MSG_ERROR("Can\'t find method to covert from upper to lower case with tr")
+	AC_MSG_ERROR("Can\'t find method to convert from upper to lower case with tr")
 fi
 AC_SUBST(TRARGS)
 
@@ -697,4 +705,4 @@ then
 	LDFLAGS="$ice_save_LDFLAGS"
 fi
 
-AC_OUTPUT(GNUmakefile Makefile.global backend/port/Makefile bin/pg_version/Makefile bin/psql/Makefile bin/pg_dump/Makefile backend/utils/Gen_fmgrtab.sh interfaces/libpq/Makefile interfaces/libpgtcl/Makefile interfaces/ecpg/lib/Makefile )
+AC_OUTPUT(GNUmakefile Makefile.global backend/port/Makefile bin/pg_version/Makefile bin/psql/Makefile bin/pg_dump/Makefile backend/utils/Gen_fmgrtab.sh interfaces/libpq/Makefile interfaces/libpgtcl/Makefile interfaces/ecpg/lib/Makefile include/version.h)

src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.54 1998/04/27 17:08:41 scrappy Exp $
+ * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.55 1998/04/29 12:39:32 scrappy Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  The script catalog/genbki.sh reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -1922,6 +1922,10 @@ DESCR("sequence next value");
 DATA(insert OID =  1319 (  currval	   PGUID 11 f t f 1 f 23 "25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
 DESCR("sequence current value");
 
+DATA(insert OID = 1600 ( version       PGUID 11 f t t 0 f 25 "" 100 0 0 100 foo bar ));
+DESCR("PostgreSQL version string");
+
+
 /*
  * prototypes for functions pg_proc.c
  */

src/include/port/linux.h

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #define JMP_BUF
 #define USE_POSIX_TIME
 #define USE_POSIX_SIGNALS
-#define NEED_I386_TAS_ASM
 #define HAS_TEST_AND_SET
 
 #if defined(PPC)
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ typedef unsigned int slock_t;
 #elif defined(__alpha)
 typedef long int slock_t;
 
-#else
+#else /* i386 probably */
 typedef unsigned char slock_t;
 
 #endif

src/include/storage/s_lock.h

@@ -7,28 +7,49 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/storage/s_lock.h,v 1.29 1998/04/27 14:45:33 scrappy Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/storage/s_lock.h,v 1.30 1998/04/29 12:40:56 scrappy Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 /*
  *	 DESCRIPTION
- *		The following code fragment should be written (in assembly
- *		language) on machines that have a native test-and-set instruction:
+ *      The public functions that must be provided are:
+ *
+ *      void S_INIT_LOCK(slock_t *lock)
+ *
+ *		void S_LOCK(slock_t *lock)
+ *
+ *      void S_UNLOCK(slock_t *lock)
+ *
+ *      int S_LOCK_FREE(slock_t *lock) 
+ *      	Tests if the lock is free. Returns non-zero if free, 0 if locked.
+ *
+ *      The S_LOCK() function (in s_lock.c) implements a primitive but
+ *		still useful random backoff to avoid hordes of busywaiting lockers
+ *		chewing CPU.
  *
  *		void
- *		S_LOCK(char_address)
- *			char *char_address;
+ *		S_LOCK(slock_t *lock)
  *		{
- *			while (test_and_set(char_address))
- *				;
+ *		    while (TAS(lock))
+ *		    {
+ *			// back off the cpu for a semi-random short time
+ *		    }
  *		}
  *
- *		If this is not done, POSTGRES will default to using System V
- *		semaphores (and take a large performance hit -- around 40% of
- *		its time on a DS5000/240 is spent in semop(3)...).
+ *		This implementation takes advantage of a tas function written 
+ *      (in assembly language) on machines that have a native test-and-set
+ *      instruction. Alternative mutex implementations may also be used.
+ *		This function is hidden under the TAS macro to allow substitutions.
  *
- *	 NOTES
+ *		#define TAS(lock) tas(lock)
+ *		int tas(slock_t *lock)		// True if lock already set
+ *
+ *		If none of this can be done, POSTGRES will default to using
+ *		System V semaphores (and take a large performance hit -- around 40%
+ *		of its time on a DS5000/240 is spent in semop(3)...).
+ *
+ *	NOTES
  *		AIX has a test-and-set but the recommended interface is the cs(3)
  *		system call.  This provides an 8-instruction (plus system call
  *		overhead) uninterruptible compare-and-set operation.  True
@@ -36,6 +57,10 @@
  *		regression test suite by about 25%.  I don't have an assembler
  *		manual for POWER in any case.
  *
+ *		There are default implementations for all these macros at the bottom
+ *		of this file. Check if your platform can use these or needs to
+ *		override them.
+ *
  */
 #ifndef S_LOCK_H
 #define S_LOCK_H
@@ -44,22 +69,41 @@
 
 #if defined(HAS_TEST_AND_SET)
 
+#if defined(linux)
+/***************************************************************************
+ * All Linux
+ */
+
+#if defined(__alpha__)
+
+#define S_UNLOCK(lock) { __asm__("mb"); *(lock) = 0; }
+
+#endif							/* defined(__alpha__) && defined(linux) */
+
+
+
+
+#else /* defined(linux) */
+/***************************************************************************
+ * All non Linux
+ */
+
 #if defined (nextstep)
 /*
  * NEXTSTEP (mach)
  * slock_t is defined as a struct mutex.
  */
+
 #define S_LOCK(lock)	mutex_lock(lock)
 
 #define S_UNLOCK(lock)	mutex_unlock(lock)
 
 #define S_INIT_LOCK(lock)	mutex_init(lock)
 
- /* S_LOCK_FREE should return 1 if lock is free; 0 if lock is locked */
 /* For Mach, we have to delve inside the entrails of `struct mutex'.  Ick! */
 #define S_LOCK_FREE(alock)	((alock)->lock == 0)
 
-#endif							/* next */
+#endif							/* nextstep */
 
 
 

src/include/version.h

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * version.h--
- *	  this file contains the interface to version.c.
- *	  Also some parameters.
- *
- * $Id: version.h,v 1.8 1998/04/26 04:08:29 momjian Exp $
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-#ifndef VERSION_H
-#define VERSION_H
-
-void
-			ValidatePgVersion(const char *path, char **reason_p);
-
-void
-			SetPgVersion(const char *path, char **reason_p);
-
-#define PG_RELEASE		6
-#define PG_VERSION		4
-#define PG_VERFILE		"PG_VERSION"
-
-#endif

src/include/version.h.in

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * version.h.in--
+ *	  this file contains the interface to version.c.
+ *	  Also some parameters.
+ *
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/Attic/version.h.in,v 1.1 1998/04/29 12:39:21 scrappy Exp $
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#ifndef VERSION_H
+#define VERSION_H
+
+void ValidatePgVersion(const char *path, char **reason_p);
+void SetPgVersion(const char *path, char **reason_p);
+
+#define PG_RELEASE		"6"
+#define PG_VERSION		"3"
+#define PG_SUBVERSION	"2"
+
+#define PG_VERFILE		"PG_VERSION"
+
+#define PG_VERSION_STR  "PostgreSQL " ## PG_RELEASE ## "." ## PG_VERSION ## "." ## PG_SUBVERSION ## " on @host@, compiled by @CC@ @CC_VERSION@"
+
+#endif

src/utils/version.c

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/utils/Attic/version.c,v 1.8 1997/09/08 02:41:22 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/utils/Attic/version.c,v 1.9 1998/04/29 12:41:29 scrappy Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *		XXX eventually, should be able to handle version identifiers
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ ValidatePgVersion(const char *path, char **reason_p)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			if (version[2] != '0' + PG_VERSION ||
-				version[0] != '0' + PG_RELEASE)
+			if (version[2] != PG_VERSION[0] ||
+				version[0] != PG_RELEASE[0])
 			{
 				*reason_p = malloc(200);
 				sprintf(*reason_p,
-						"Version number in file '%s' should be %d.%d, "
+						"Version number in file '%s' should be %s.%s, "
 						"not %c.%c.",
 						full_path,
 						PG_RELEASE, PG_VERSION, version[0], version[2]);
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ SetPgVersion(const char *path, char **reason_p)
 	{
 		int			rc;			/* return code from some function we call */
 
-		version[0] = '0' + PG_RELEASE;
+		version[0] = PG_RELEASE[0];
 		version[1] = '.';
-		version[2] = '0' + PG_VERSION;
+		version[2] = PG_VERSION[0];
 		version[3] = '\n';
 		rc = write(fd, version, 4);
 		if (rc != 4)