From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Dennis Seran <dseran(at)novonics(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: BUG #5036: Advisory locks have unexpected behavior |
Date: | 2009-09-04 15:50:55 |
Message-ID: | 20090904155055.GF5603@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Dennis Seran wrote:
> - Client B again prompts the command pg_try_advisory_lock_shared(12345) in
> an attempt to reobtain the shared lock(12345) but returns false and fails to
> obtain the shared lock (SHOULDN'T THIS CLIENT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE SHARED
> LOCK?)
No; it gets to sleep until after client C has released the exclusive
lock. Otherwise a constant stream of shared lockers would starvate
exclusive lockers.
> - The above result happens when all 3 clients are on the same machine. If
> the same steps were followed, but this time with clients A and B on a RHEL
> machine and the client C and the server on an XP machine, the result is a
> bit different. The above step results in Client B going into the queue as
> well as Client C even though Client A currently holds the shared lock.
> (AGAIN, SHOULDN'T THIS CLIENT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE SHARED LOCK?)
I think this sounds like a bug.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
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