On 2013-03-06 20:59:37 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > OK. Patches updated... Please see attached. > With all the work done on those patches, I suppose this is close to being > something clean...
Yes, its looking good. There are loads of improvements possible but those can very well be made incrementally. > > I have the feeling we are talking past each other. Unless I miss > > something *there is no* WaitForMultipleVirtualLocks between phase 2 and > > 3. But one WaitForMultipleVirtualLocks for all would be totally > > sufficient. > > > OK, sorry for the confusion. I added a call to WaitForMultipleVirtualLocks > also before phase 3. > Honestly, I am still not very comfortable with the fact that the ShareLock > wait on parent relation is done outside each index transaction for build > and validation... Changed as requested though... Could you detail your concerns a bit? I tried to think it through multiple times now and I still can't see a problem. The lock only ensures that nobody has the relation open with the old index definition in mind... Andres -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
