On 7 January 2015 at 13:11, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> So when you say "Only the top frame of the transaction state stack is >> copied" you don't mean the top, you mean the bottom (the latest >> subxact)? Which then becomes the top in the parallel worker? OK... > > The item most recently added to the stack is properly called the top, > but I guess it's confusing in this case because the item on the bottom > of the stack is referred to as the TopTransaction. I'll see if I can > rephrase that.
Yes, I didn't mean to suggest the confusion was introduced by you - it's just you stepped into the mess by correctly using the word top in a place where its meaning would be opposite to the close-by usage of TopTransaction. Anyway, feeling good about this now. Thanks for your patience. -- Simon Riggs 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
