diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c b/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
index cc5177cc2b9..6deef1c679a 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
@@ -832,21 +832,21 @@ UpdateChangedParamSet(PlanState *node, Bitmapset *newchg)
  * normal non-error case: computing character indexes would be much more
  * expensive than storing token offsets.)
  */
-int
+void
 executor_errposition(EState *estate, int location)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	/* No-op if location was not provided */
 	if (location < 0)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	/* Can't do anything if source text is not available */
 	if (estate == NULL || estate->es_sourceText == NULL)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	/* Convert offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(estate->es_sourceText, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
-	return errposition(pos);
+	errposition(pos);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 645e4aa4ceb..91d4e99d345 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -1246,15 +1246,15 @@ coerce_to_specific_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
  * XXX possibly this is more generally useful than coercion errors;
  * if so, should rename and place with parser_errposition.
  */
-int
+void
 parser_coercion_errposition(ParseState *pstate,
 							int coerce_location,
 							Node *input_expr)
 {
 	if (coerce_location >= 0)
-		return parser_errposition(pstate, coerce_location);
+		parser_errposition(pstate, coerce_location);
 	else
-		return parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation(input_expr));
+		parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation(input_expr));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
index 6e98fe55fc4..9a2fd924b67 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
@@ -106,21 +106,21 @@ free_parsestate(ParseState *pstate)
  * normal non-error case: computing character indexes would be much more
  * expensive than storing token offsets.)
  */
-int
+void
 parser_errposition(ParseState *pstate, int location)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	/* No-op if location was not provided */
 	if (location < 0)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	/* Can't do anything if source text is not available */
 	if (pstate == NULL || pstate->p_sourcetext == NULL)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	/* Convert offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(pstate->p_sourcetext, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
-	return errposition(pos);
+	errposition(pos);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/scan.l b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
index b1ea0cb5384..50ba68abd4f 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/scan.l
+++ b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
@@ -1076,18 +1076,18 @@ other			.
  * (essentially, scan.l, parser.c, and gram.y), since it requires the
  * yyscanner struct to still be available.
  */
-int
+void
 scanner_errposition(int location, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	if (location < 0)
-		return 0;				/* no-op if location is unknown */
+		return;				/* no-op if location is unknown */
 
 	/* Convert byte offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(yyextra->scanbuf, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
-	return errposition(pos);
+	errposition(pos);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c
index 1972aecbedc..8dc9c0b5cdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/dsm_impl.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static bool dsm_impl_mmap(dsm_op op, dsm_handle handle, Size request_size,
 						  void **impl_private, void **mapped_address,
 						  Size *mapped_size, int elevel);
 #endif
-static int	errcode_for_dynamic_shared_memory(void);
+static void errcode_for_dynamic_shared_memory(void);
 
 const struct config_enum_entry dynamic_shared_memory_options[] = {
 #ifdef USE_DSM_POSIX
@@ -1030,11 +1030,11 @@ dsm_impl_unpin_segment(dsm_handle handle, void **impl_private)
 	}
 }
 
-static int
+static void
 errcode_for_dynamic_shared_memory(void)
 {
 	if (errno == EFBIG || errno == ENOMEM)
-		return errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
+		errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
 	else
-		return errcode_for_file_access();
+		errcode_for_file_access();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
index 4b5007e0d6f..321ab9a0db9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ typedef struct JsObject
 			hash_destroy((jso)->val.json_hash); \
 	} while (0)
 
-static int	report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex);
+static void report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex);
 
 /* semantic action functions for json_object_keys */
 static void okeys_object_field_start(void *state, char *fname, bool isnull);
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ json_ereport_error(JsonParseErrorType error, JsonLexContext *lex)
  * The return value isn't meaningful, but we make it non-void so that this
  * can be invoked inside ereport().
  */
-static int
+static void
 report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex)
 {
 	const char *context_start;
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ report_json_context(JsonLexContext *lex)
 	prefix = (context_start > line_start) ? "..." : "";
 	suffix = (lex->token_type != JSON_TOKEN_END && context_end - lex->input < lex->input_length && *context_end != '\n' && *context_end != '\r') ? "..." : "";
 
-	return errcontext("JSON data, line %d: %s%s%s",
-					  line_number, prefix, ctxt, suffix);
+	errcontext("JSON data, line %d: %s%s%s",
+			   line_number, prefix, ctxt, suffix);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
index de705c86fa1..6ac2152ddfe 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -223,17 +223,15 @@ err_gettext(const char *str)
 /*
  * errstart --- begin an error-reporting cycle
  *
- * Create a stack entry and store the given parameters in it.  Subsequently,
- * errmsg() and perhaps other routines will be called to further populate
- * the stack entry.  Finally, errfinish() will be called to actually process
- * the error report.
+ * Create and initialize error stack entry.  Subsequently, errmsg() and
+ * perhaps other routines will be called to further populate the stack entry.
+ * Finally, errfinish() will be called to actually process the error report.
  *
  * Returns true in normal case.  Returns false to short-circuit the error
  * report (if it's a warning or lower and not to be reported anywhere).
  */
 bool
-errstart(int elevel, const char *filename, int lineno,
-		 const char *funcname, const char *domain)
+errstart(int elevel, const char *domain)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata;
 	bool		output_to_server;
@@ -321,8 +319,7 @@ errstart(int elevel, const char *filename, int lineno,
 	if (ErrorContext == NULL)
 	{
 		/* Oops, hard crash time; very little we can do safely here */
-		write_stderr("error occurred at %s:%d before error message processing is available\n",
-					 filename ? filename : "(unknown file)", lineno);
+		write_stderr("error occurred before error message processing is available\n");
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
@@ -368,18 +365,6 @@ errstart(int elevel, const char *filename, int lineno,
 	edata->elevel = elevel;
 	edata->output_to_server = output_to_server;
 	edata->output_to_client = output_to_client;
-	if (filename)
-	{
-		const char *slash;
-
-		/* keep only base name, useful especially for vpath builds */
-		slash = strrchr(filename, '/');
-		if (slash)
-			filename = slash + 1;
-	}
-	edata->filename = filename;
-	edata->lineno = lineno;
-	edata->funcname = funcname;
 	/* the default text domain is the backend's */
 	edata->domain = domain ? domain : PG_TEXTDOMAIN("postgres");
 	/* initialize context_domain the same way (see set_errcontext_domain()) */
@@ -434,11 +419,11 @@ matches_backtrace_functions(const char *funcname)
  *
  * Produce the appropriate error report(s) and pop the error stack.
  *
- * If elevel is ERROR or worse, control does not return to the caller.
- * See elog.h for the error level definitions.
+ * If elevel, as passed to errstart(), is ERROR or worse, control does not
+ * return to the caller.  See elog.h for the error level definitions.
  */
 void
-errfinish(int dummy,...)
+errfinish(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *funcname)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
 	int			elevel;
@@ -447,6 +432,22 @@ errfinish(int dummy,...)
 
 	recursion_depth++;
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
+
+	/* Save the last few bits of error state into the stack entry */
+	if (filename)
+	{
+		const char *slash;
+
+		/* keep only base name, useful especially for vpath builds */
+		slash = strrchr(filename, '/');
+		if (slash)
+			filename = slash + 1;
+	}
+
+	edata->filename = filename;
+	edata->lineno = lineno;
+	edata->funcname = funcname;
+
 	elevel = edata->elevel;
 
 	/*
@@ -605,7 +606,7 @@ errfinish(int dummy,...)
  *
  * The code is expected to be represented as per MAKE_SQLSTATE().
  */
-int
+void
 errcode(int sqlerrcode)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -614,8 +615,6 @@ errcode(int sqlerrcode)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->sqlerrcode = sqlerrcode;
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -628,7 +627,7 @@ errcode(int sqlerrcode)
  * NOTE: the primary error message string should generally include %m
  * when this is used.
  */
-int
+void
 errcode_for_file_access(void)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -686,8 +685,6 @@ errcode_for_file_access(void)
 			edata->sqlerrcode = ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 			break;
 	}
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -699,7 +696,7 @@ errcode_for_file_access(void)
  * NOTE: the primary error message string should generally include %m
  * when this is used.
  */
-int
+void
 errcode_for_socket_access(void)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -722,8 +719,6 @@ errcode_for_socket_access(void)
 			edata->sqlerrcode = ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 			break;
 	}
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -819,7 +814,7 @@ errcode_for_socket_access(void)
  * Note: no newline is needed at the end of the fmt string, since
  * ereport will provide one for the output methods that need it.
  */
-int
+void
 errmsg(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -834,14 +829,13 @@ errmsg(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * Add a backtrace to the containing ereport() call.  This is intended to be
  * added temporarily during debugging.
  */
-int
+void
 errbacktrace(void)
 {
 	ErrorData   *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -855,8 +849,6 @@ errbacktrace(void)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -906,7 +898,7 @@ set_backtrace(ErrorData *edata, int num_skip)
  * the message because the translation would fail and result in infinite
  * error recursion.
  */
-int
+void
 errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -921,7 +913,6 @@ errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -929,7 +920,7 @@ errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...)
  * errmsg_plural --- add a primary error message text to the current error,
  * with support for pluralization of the message text
  */
-int
+void
 errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 			  unsigned long n,...)
 {
@@ -945,14 +936,13 @@ errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
 /*
  * errdetail --- add a detail error message text to the current error
  */
-int
+void
 errdetail(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -966,7 +956,6 @@ errdetail(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -979,7 +968,7 @@ errdetail(const char *fmt,...)
  * messages that seem not worth translating for one reason or another
  * (typically, that they don't seem to be useful to average users).
  */
-int
+void
 errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -993,14 +982,13 @@ errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
 /*
  * errdetail_log --- add a detail_log error message text to the current error
  */
-int
+void
 errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1014,14 +1002,13 @@ errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * errdetail_log_plural --- add a detail_log error message text to the current error
  * with support for pluralization of the message text
  */
-int
+void
 errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 					 unsigned long n,...)
 {
@@ -1036,7 +1023,6 @@ errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1044,7 +1030,7 @@ errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
  * errdetail_plural --- add a detail error message text to the current error,
  * with support for pluralization of the message text
  */
-int
+void
 errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 				 unsigned long n,...)
 {
@@ -1059,14 +1045,13 @@ errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
 /*
  * errhint --- add a hint error message text to the current error
  */
-int
+void
 errhint(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1080,7 +1065,6 @@ errhint(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1091,7 +1075,7 @@ errhint(const char *fmt,...)
  * context information.  We assume earlier calls represent more-closely-nested
  * states.
  */
-int
+void
 errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1105,7 +1089,6 @@ errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...)
 
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
 	recursion_depth--;
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1117,7 +1100,7 @@ errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...)
  * a set_errcontext_domain() call to specify the domain.  This is usually
  * done transparently by the errcontext() macro.
  */
-int
+void
 set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1127,8 +1110,6 @@ set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain)
 
 	/* the default text domain is the backend's */
 	edata->context_domain = domain ? domain : PG_TEXTDOMAIN("postgres");
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1137,7 +1118,7 @@ set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain)
  *
  * This should be called if the message text already includes the statement.
  */
-int
+void
 errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1146,8 +1127,6 @@ errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->hide_stmt = hide_stmt;
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1156,7 +1135,7 @@ errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt)
  * This should only be used for verbose debugging messages where the repeated
  * inclusion of context would bloat the log volume too much.
  */
-int
+void
 errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1165,8 +1144,6 @@ errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->hide_ctx = hide_ctx;
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 
@@ -1177,7 +1154,7 @@ errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx)
  * name appear in messages sent to old-protocol clients.  Note that the
  * passed string is expected to be a non-freeable constant string.
  */
-int
+void
 errfunction(const char *funcname)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1187,14 +1164,12 @@ errfunction(const char *funcname)
 
 	edata->funcname = funcname;
 	edata->show_funcname = true;
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * errposition --- add cursor position to the current error
  */
-int
+void
 errposition(int cursorpos)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1203,14 +1178,12 @@ errposition(int cursorpos)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->cursorpos = cursorpos;
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
  * internalerrposition --- add internal cursor position to the current error
  */
-int
+void
 internalerrposition(int cursorpos)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1219,8 +1192,6 @@ internalerrposition(int cursorpos)
 	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
 
 	edata->internalpos = cursorpos;
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1230,7 +1201,7 @@ internalerrposition(int cursorpos)
  * is intended for use in error callback subroutines that are editorializing
  * on the layout of the error report.
  */
-int
+void
 internalerrquery(const char *query)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1246,8 +1217,6 @@ internalerrquery(const char *query)
 
 	if (query)
 		edata->internalquery = MemoryContextStrdup(edata->assoc_context, query);
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1260,7 +1229,7 @@ internalerrquery(const char *query)
  * Most potential callers should not use this directly, but instead prefer
  * higher-level abstractions, such as errtablecol() (see relcache.c).
  */
-int
+void
 err_generic_string(int field, const char *str)
 {
 	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1289,8 +1258,6 @@ err_generic_string(int field, const char *str)
 			elog(ERROR, "unsupported ErrorData field id: %d", field);
 			break;
 	}
-
-	return 0;					/* return value does not matter */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1355,108 +1322,6 @@ getinternalerrposition(void)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * elog_start --- startup for old-style API
- *
- * All that we do here is stash the hidden filename/lineno/funcname
- * arguments into a stack entry, along with the current value of errno.
- *
- * We need this to be separate from elog_finish because there's no other
- * C89-compliant way to deal with inserting extra arguments into the elog
- * call.  (When using C99's __VA_ARGS__, we could possibly merge this with
- * elog_finish, but there doesn't seem to be a good way to save errno before
- * evaluating the format arguments if we do that.)
- */
-void
-elog_start(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *funcname)
-{
-	ErrorData  *edata;
-
-	/* Make sure that memory context initialization has finished */
-	if (ErrorContext == NULL)
-	{
-		/* Oops, hard crash time; very little we can do safely here */
-		write_stderr("error occurred at %s:%d before error message processing is available\n",
-					 filename ? filename : "(unknown file)", lineno);
-		exit(2);
-	}
-
-	if (++errordata_stack_depth >= ERRORDATA_STACK_SIZE)
-	{
-		/*
-		 * Wups, stack not big enough.  We treat this as a PANIC condition
-		 * because it suggests an infinite loop of errors during error
-		 * recovery.  Note that the message is intentionally not localized,
-		 * else failure to convert it to client encoding could cause further
-		 * recursion.
-		 */
-		errordata_stack_depth = -1; /* make room on stack */
-		ereport(PANIC, (errmsg_internal("ERRORDATA_STACK_SIZE exceeded")));
-	}
-
-	edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
-	if (filename)
-	{
-		const char *slash;
-
-		/* keep only base name, useful especially for vpath builds */
-		slash = strrchr(filename, '/');
-		if (slash)
-			filename = slash + 1;
-	}
-	edata->filename = filename;
-	edata->lineno = lineno;
-	edata->funcname = funcname;
-	/* errno is saved now so that error parameter eval can't change it */
-	edata->saved_errno = errno;
-
-	/* Use ErrorContext for any allocations done at this level. */
-	edata->assoc_context = ErrorContext;
-}
-
-/*
- * elog_finish --- finish up for old-style API
- */
-void
-elog_finish(int elevel, const char *fmt,...)
-{
-	ErrorData  *edata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
-	MemoryContext oldcontext;
-
-	CHECK_STACK_DEPTH();
-
-	/*
-	 * Do errstart() to see if we actually want to report the message.
-	 */
-	errordata_stack_depth--;
-	errno = edata->saved_errno;
-	if (!errstart(elevel, edata->filename, edata->lineno, edata->funcname, NULL))
-		return;					/* nothing to do */
-
-	/*
-	 * Format error message just like errmsg_internal().
-	 */
-	recursion_depth++;
-	oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(edata->assoc_context);
-
-	if (!edata->backtrace &&
-		edata->funcname &&
-		matches_backtrace_functions(edata->funcname))
-		set_backtrace(edata, 2);
-
-	edata->message_id = fmt;
-	EVALUATE_MESSAGE(edata->domain, message, false, false);
-
-	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
-	recursion_depth--;
-
-	/*
-	 * And let errfinish() finish up.
-	 */
-	errfinish(0);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Functions to allow construction of error message strings separately from
  * the ereport() call itself.
@@ -1696,8 +1561,7 @@ ThrowErrorData(ErrorData *edata)
 	ErrorData  *newedata;
 	MemoryContext oldcontext;
 
-	if (!errstart(edata->elevel, edata->filename, edata->lineno,
-				  edata->funcname, NULL))
+	if (!errstart(edata->elevel, edata->domain))
 		return;					/* error is not to be reported at all */
 
 	newedata = &errordata[errordata_stack_depth];
@@ -1739,7 +1603,7 @@ ThrowErrorData(ErrorData *edata)
 	recursion_depth--;
 
 	/* Process the error. */
-	errfinish(0);
+	errfinish(edata->filename, edata->lineno, edata->funcname);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1853,7 +1717,7 @@ pg_re_throw(void)
 		 */
 		error_context_stack = NULL;
 
-		errfinish(0);
+		errfinish(edata->filename, edata->lineno, edata->funcname);
 	}
 
 	/* Doesn't return ... */
diff --git a/src/include/executor/executor.h b/src/include/executor/executor.h
index 94890512dc8..cd0e6439cde 100644
--- a/src/include/executor/executor.h
+++ b/src/include/executor/executor.h
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ exec_rt_fetch(Index rti, EState *estate)
 
 extern Relation ExecGetRangeTableRelation(EState *estate, Index rti);
 
-extern int	executor_errposition(EState *estate, int location);
+extern void executor_errposition(EState *estate, int location);
 
 extern void RegisterExprContextCallback(ExprContext *econtext,
 										ExprContextCallbackFunction function,
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
index 8686eaacbc9..a3295b3fa45 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extern Node *coerce_to_specific_type_typmod(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 											Oid targetTypeId, int32 targetTypmod,
 											const char *constructName);
 
-extern int	parser_coercion_errposition(ParseState *pstate,
+extern void parser_coercion_errposition(ParseState *pstate,
 										int coerce_location,
 										Node *input_expr);
 
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_node.h b/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
index d25819aa28b..b223b595423 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ typedef struct ParseCallbackState
 
 extern ParseState *make_parsestate(ParseState *parentParseState);
 extern void free_parsestate(ParseState *pstate);
-extern int	parser_errposition(ParseState *pstate, int location);
+extern void parser_errposition(ParseState *pstate, int location);
 
 extern void setup_parser_errposition_callback(ParseCallbackState *pcbstate,
 											  ParseState *pstate, int location);
diff --git a/src/include/parser/scanner.h b/src/include/parser/scanner.h
index a27352afc14..02ae10a2250 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/scanner.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/scanner.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ extern core_yyscan_t scanner_init(const char *str,
 extern void scanner_finish(core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
 extern int	core_yylex(core_YYSTYPE *lvalp, YYLTYPE *llocp,
 					   core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
-extern int	scanner_errposition(int location, core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
+extern void scanner_errposition(int location, core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
 extern void setup_scanner_errposition_callback(ScannerCallbackState *scbstate,
 											   core_yyscan_t yyscanner,
 											   int location);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/elog.h b/src/include/utils/elog.h
index 4ff69daf3b9..d244b1c0ac5 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/elog.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/elog.h
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@
 #define ereport_domain(elevel, domain, ...)	\
 	do { \
 		pg_prevent_errno_in_scope(); \
-		if (errstart(elevel, __FILE__, __LINE__, PG_FUNCNAME_MACRO, domain)) \
-			__VA_ARGS__, errfinish(0); \
+		if (errstart(elevel, domain)) \
+			__VA_ARGS__, errfinish(__FILE__, __LINE__, PG_FUNCNAME_MACRO); \
 		if (__builtin_constant_p(elevel) && (elevel) >= ERROR) \
 			pg_unreachable(); \
 	} while(0)
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@
 	do { \
 		const int elevel_ = (elevel); \
 		pg_prevent_errno_in_scope(); \
-		if (errstart(elevel_, __FILE__, __LINE__, PG_FUNCNAME_MACRO, domain)) \
-			__VA_ARGS__, errfinish(0); \
+		if (errstart(elevel_, domain)) \
+			__VA_ARGS__, errfinish(__FILE__, __LINE__, PG_FUNCNAME_MACRO); \
 		if (elevel_ >= ERROR) \
 			pg_unreachable(); \
 	} while(0)
@@ -146,34 +146,33 @@
 
 #define TEXTDOMAIN NULL
 
-extern bool errstart(int elevel, const char *filename, int lineno,
-					 const char *funcname, const char *domain);
-extern void errfinish(int dummy,...);
+extern bool errstart(int elevel, const char *domain);
+extern void errfinish(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *funcname);
 
-extern int	errcode(int sqlerrcode);
+extern void errcode(int sqlerrcode);
 
-extern int	errcode_for_file_access(void);
-extern int	errcode_for_socket_access(void);
+extern void errcode_for_file_access(void);
+extern void errcode_for_socket_access(void);
 
-extern int	errmsg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
-extern int	errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern void errmsg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern void errmsg_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern int	errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
+extern void errmsg_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 						  unsigned long n,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 4) pg_attribute_printf(2, 4);
 
-extern int	errdetail(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
-extern int	errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern void errdetail(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern void errdetail_internal(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern int	errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern void errdetail_log(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern int	errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular,
+extern void errdetail_log_plural(const char *fmt_singular,
 								 const char *fmt_plural,
 								 unsigned long n,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 4) pg_attribute_printf(2, 4);
 
-extern int	errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
+extern void errdetail_plural(const char *fmt_singular, const char *fmt_plural,
 							 unsigned long n,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 4) pg_attribute_printf(2, 4);
 
-extern int	errhint(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern void errhint(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
 /*
  * errcontext() is typically called in error context callback functions, not
@@ -185,22 +184,22 @@ extern int	errhint(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
  */
 #define errcontext	set_errcontext_domain(TEXTDOMAIN),	errcontext_msg
 
-extern int	set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain);
+extern void set_errcontext_domain(const char *domain);
 
-extern int	errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
+extern void errcontext_msg(const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(1, 2);
 
-extern int	errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt);
-extern int	errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx);
+extern void errhidestmt(bool hide_stmt);
+extern void errhidecontext(bool hide_ctx);
 
-extern int	errbacktrace(void);
+extern void errbacktrace(void);
 
-extern int	errfunction(const char *funcname);
-extern int	errposition(int cursorpos);
+extern void errfunction(const char *funcname);
+extern void errposition(int cursorpos);
 
-extern int	internalerrposition(int cursorpos);
-extern int	internalerrquery(const char *query);
+extern void internalerrposition(int cursorpos);
+extern void internalerrquery(const char *query);
 
-extern int	err_generic_string(int field, const char *str);
+extern void err_generic_string(int field, const char *str);
 
 extern int	geterrcode(void);
 extern int	geterrposition(void);
@@ -212,37 +211,8 @@ extern int	getinternalerrposition(void);
  *		elog(ERROR, "portal \"%s\" not found", stmt->portalname);
  *----------
  */
-/*
- * Using variadic macros, we can give the compiler a hint about the
- * call not returning when elevel >= ERROR.  See comments for ereport().
- * Note that historically elog() has called elog_start (which saves errno)
- * before evaluating "elevel", so we preserve that behavior here.
- */
-#ifdef HAVE__BUILTIN_CONSTANT_P
 #define elog(elevel, ...)  \
-	do { \
-		pg_prevent_errno_in_scope(); \
-		elog_start(__FILE__, __LINE__, PG_FUNCNAME_MACRO); \
-		elog_finish(elevel, __VA_ARGS__); \
-		if (__builtin_constant_p(elevel) && (elevel) >= ERROR) \
-			pg_unreachable(); \
-	} while(0)
-#else							/* !HAVE__BUILTIN_CONSTANT_P */
-#define elog(elevel, ...)  \
-	do { \
-		pg_prevent_errno_in_scope(); \
-		elog_start(__FILE__, __LINE__, PG_FUNCNAME_MACRO); \
-		{ \
-			const int elevel_ = (elevel); \
-			elog_finish(elevel_, __VA_ARGS__); \
-			if (elevel_ >= ERROR) \
-				pg_unreachable(); \
-		} \
-	} while(0)
-#endif							/* HAVE__BUILTIN_CONSTANT_P */
-
-extern void elog_start(const char *filename, int lineno, const char *funcname);
-extern void elog_finish(int elevel, const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(2, 3);
+	ereport(elevel, errmsg_internal(__VA_ARGS__))
 
 
 /* Support for constructing error strings separately from ereport() calls */
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c
index 9cea2e42ac4..9d81679cc50 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_scanner.c
@@ -468,20 +468,20 @@ plpgsql_peek2(int *tok1_p, int *tok2_p, int *tok1_loc, int *tok2_loc)
  * parsing of a plpgsql function, since it requires the scanorig string
  * to still be available.
  */
-int
+void
 plpgsql_scanner_errposition(int location)
 {
 	int			pos;
 
 	if (location < 0 || scanorig == NULL)
-		return 0;				/* no-op if location is unknown */
+		return;					/* no-op if location is unknown */
 
 	/* Convert byte offset to character number */
 	pos = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(scanorig, location) + 1;
 	/* And pass it to the ereport mechanism */
 	(void) internalerrposition(pos);
 	/* Also pass the function body string */
-	return internalerrquery(scanorig);
+	internalerrquery(scanorig);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
index 69df3306fda..325f4f7fd45 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ extern void plpgsql_append_source_text(StringInfo buf,
 extern int	plpgsql_peek(void);
 extern void plpgsql_peek2(int *tok1_p, int *tok2_p, int *tok1_loc,
 						  int *tok2_loc);
-extern int	plpgsql_scanner_errposition(int location);
+extern void plpgsql_scanner_errposition(int location);
 extern void plpgsql_yyerror(const char *message) pg_attribute_noreturn();
 extern int	plpgsql_location_to_lineno(int location);
 extern int	plpgsql_latest_lineno(void);