On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 2:45 PM Simon Riggs <simon.ri...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > An easy point to confuse: > "subtransaction to end": The subtransaction is "still running" to > other backends even AFTER it has been subcommitted, but its state now > transfers to the parent. > > So the subtransaction doesn't cease running until it aborts, one of > its parent aborts or top level commit. The subxid lock should, on > principle, exist until one of those events occurs. It doesn't, but > that is an optimization, for the stated reason.
That's not what "running" means to me. Running means it's started and hasn't yet committed or rolled back. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
