Re: Issue in GIN fast-insert: XLogBeginInsert + Read/LockBuffer ordering

On 2022-Oct-25, Tom Lane wrote:

> Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 02:22:16PM +0200, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> I confess I don't understand why is it important that XLogBeginInsert is
> >> called inside the critical section. It seems to me that that part is
> >> only a side-effect of having to acquire the buffer locks in the critical
> >> section. Right?
>
> > Yeah, you are right that it would not matter for XLogBeginInsert(),
> > though I'd like to think that this is a good practice on consistency
> > grounds with anywhere else, and we respect what's documented in the
> > README.
>
> Yeah --- it's documented that way, and there doesn't seem to be
> a good reason not to honor that here.

Okay, so if we follow this argument, then the logical conclusion is that
this *should* be backpatched, after all.

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