Re: Improve XLOG_NO_TRAN related comments

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Improve XLOG_NO_TRAN related comments
Date: 2005-12-26 15:09:04
Message-ID: 9457.1135609744@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu> writes:
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Removing these comments entirely, without changing the code they explain,
>> doesn't strike me as an improvement.

> I just checked if we can remove XLOG_NO_TRAN happily, and the conclusion
> is that it could bring some benefits (though not much) to our system. The
> key is the CheckpointStartLock lock.

Hm. Perhaps we could keep the current behavior and re-document
XLOG_NO_TRAN as meaning that the xlog record does not involve the
insertion of our XID into permanent storage.

regards, tom lane

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