Re: Hot Standby: Caches and Locks

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hot Standby: Caches and Locks
Date: 2008-10-30 13:21:46
Message-ID: 10895.1225372906@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 08:30 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> What about using the existing
>> syscache logic to re-derive inval information from watching the update
>> operations?

> That does sound possible, but it makes some big assumptions about
> transactional machinery being in place. It ain't. Subtransactions make
> everything about 5 times more difficult, so it seems pretty scary to me.

Um. Yeah, subtransactions would be a PITA. Never mind that then ...

regards, tom lane

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