Re: savepoint commit performance

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: savepoint commit performance
Date: 2011-09-06 20:12:37
Message-ID: 19938.1315339957@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net> wrote:
>> This patch:
>>
>> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/patch_view?id=605
>>
>> Seems to have been after thoughts, and back burner stuff, and forgotten
>> about...
>>
>> Has it already been commit?
>>
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2011-07/msg00206.php
>>
>> Oh, wait, nevermind, it was revoked and reworked:
>>
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-07/msg01041.php
>>
>> but that was posted Jul 19, 2011. And the Patch linked from commitfest is
>> Jun 6, 2011. So is that an old patch? Or a new patch?
>>
>> I'm confused.

> As far as I can see, Simon stated that he would revert it but never did so.

> Perhaps we should go do that...

The patch is definitely still in the tree. Given the dangling-pointer
concerns raised by Heikki, I think we had better revert it before
shipping 9.1. Also, the entry in the September commitfest can be marked
"returned with feedback", since it clearly predates the discussion on
-hackers.

regards, tom lane

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