Hiroyuki Yamada wrote:
> The implementation assumes that transactions write COMMIT/ABORT WAL at the end
> of them, while it does not seem to write ABORT WAL in immediate shutdown. So,
> 
> 1. acquire ACCESS EXCLUSIVE lock in table A in xact 1
> 2. execute immediate shutdown of the active node
> 3. restart it
> 4. acquire ACCESS EXCLUSIVE lock in table A in xact 2
> 
> ...then, duplicate lock acquisition by two diffrent transactions can occur in 
> the standby node.
> 
> Am I missing something ? Or is this already reported ?

Replay of the shutdown checkpoint that is written when the server is
restarted should abort the old transaction and release its locks.

Hmm, looking at the code, I think Simon threw that baby with the
bathwater when he removed support for starting standby from a shutdown
checkpoint.

-- 
  Heikki Linnakangas
  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com

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