Re: random isolation test failures

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: random isolation test failures
Date: 2011-09-27 04:11:39
Message-ID: 13956.1317096699@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> I just tweaked isolationtester so that it collects the error messages
> and displays them all together at the end of the test. After seeing it
> run, I didn't like it -- I think I prefer something more local, so that
> in the only case where we call try_complete_step twice in the loop, we
> report any errors in either. AFAICS this would make both expected cases
> behave identically in test output.

Hmm, is that really an appropriate fix? I'm worried that it might mask
event-ordering differences that actually are significant.

regards, tom lane

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