Re: Hot standby and GiST page splits (was Re: WIP: Fast GiST index build)

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hot standby and GiST page splits (was Re: WIP: Fast GiST index build)
Date: 2011-08-01 13:29:42
Message-ID: 4E36AA46.2030105@enterprisedb.com
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On 01.08.2011 14:35, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>> Does the order of locking of the buffers matter? I'm sure it does.
>>
>> Yep.
>
> Do you mean that the BlockNumbers are already in correct sequence, or
> that you will be adding this code to redo?

I just meant that yes, the order of locking of the buffers does matter.

I believe we code acquire the locks in right order already, and the
patch I posted fixes the premature release of locks at page split.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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