Noah Misch wrote: > On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 07:26:38PM +0100, Andres Freund wrote: > > On 2013-12-03 13:14:38 -0500, Noah Misch wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 04:37:58PM +0100, Andres Freund wrote: > > > > I currently don't see fixing the errorneous freezing of lockers (not the > > > > updater though) without changing the wal format or synchronously waiting > > > > for all lockers to end. Which both see like a no-go? > > > > > > Not fixing it at all is the real no-go. We'd take both of those > > > undesirables > > > before just tolerating the lost locks in 9.3. > > > > I think it's changing the wal format then. > > I'd rather have an readily-verifiable fix that changes WAL format than a > tricky fix that avoids doing so. So, modulo not having seen the change, +1.
I've committed a patch which hopefully fixes the problem using this approach. Thanks, Noah, for noticing the issue, and thanks, Andres, for collaboration in getting the code in the right state. -- Álvaro Herrera 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
