ginInsertCleanup(); is it accurate? (If it isn't, I think
Exactly, that is right.
* This can be called concurrently by multiple backends, so it must cope.
* On first glance it looks completely not concurrent-safe and not crash-safe
* either. The reason it's okay is that multiple insertion of the same entry
* is detected and treated as a no-op by gininsert.c. If we crash after
* posting entries to the main index and before removing them from the
* pending list, it's okay because when we redo the posting later on, nothing
* bad will happen. Likewise, if two backends simultaneously try to post
* a pending entry into the main index, one will succeed and one will do
* nothing. We try to notice when someone else is a little bit ahead of
* us in the process, but that's just to avoid wasting cycles. Only the
* action of removing a page from the pending list really needs exclusive
* lock.
regards, tom lane
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