Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Reset 'ps' display just once when resolving VXID conflicts.
> This prevents the word "waiting" from briefly disappearing from the ps
> status line when ResolveRecoveryConflictWithVirtualXIDs begins a new
> iteration of the outer loop.
I imagine the reason for the original coding was to avoid a useless
gettimeofday kernel call in the common case that there are no
conflicting xacts to wait for. Could we restore that behavior?
regards, tom lane