Re: Deadlock on the same object?

From: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Deadlock on the same object?
Date: 2009-11-12 00:10:22
Message-ID: 20091112091022.A945.52131E4D@oss.ntt.co.jp
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> I think this is an artifact of the fact that SQL functions parse the
> whole querystring before executing any of it. Parsing of "DELETE FROM
> a" will result in acquiring ROW EXCLUSIVE lock on a, and then when the
> LOCK commands are executed, you have a lock-upgrade scenario and the
> deadlock is unsurprising.

Thanks. It's a surprise for me :-).

> There was some discussion of changing that awhile ago, but I forget
> what the conclusion was. In any case nothing's been done about it.

We cannot make a package of locking controls in a function under
the current behavior. It would be good to improve this area.

Regards,
---
ITAGAKI Takahiro
NTT Open Source Software Center

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