Re: potential stuck lock in SaveSlotToPath()

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: potential stuck lock in SaveSlotToPath()
Date: 2020-03-25 10:13:19
Message-ID: 5ffa6f6d-cadd-64a9-5ab6-4362fb20ae93@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2020-03-20 16:38, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 11:32 AM Peter Eisentraut
> <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> On 2020-03-19 16:38, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> Incidentally, the wait-event handling in SaveSlotToPath() doesn't look
>>> right for the early-exit cases either.
>>
>> There appear to be appropriate pgstat_report_wait_end() calls. What are
>> you seeing?
>
> Oh, you're right. I think I got confused because the rename() and
> close() don't have that, but those don't have a wait event set either.
> Sorry for the noise.

Any concerns about applying and backpatching the patch I posted?

The talk about reorganizing this code doesn't seem very concrete at the
moment and would probably not be backpatch material anyway.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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