Re: HOT - whats next ?

"Pavan Deolasee" <pavan(dot)deolasee(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> - Another problem with the current HOT patch is that it generates
> tuple level fragmentation while reusing LP_DELETEd items when
> the new tuple is of smaller size than the original one. Heikki
> supported using best-fit strategy to reduce the fragmentation
> and thats worth trying. But ISTM that we can also correct
> row-level defragmentation whenever we run out of free space
> and LP_DELETEd tuples while doing UPDATE. Since this does not
> require moving tuples around, we can do this by a simple EXCLUSIVE
> lock on the page.

You are mistaken. To move existing tuples requires
LockBufferForCleanup, the same as VACUUM needs; otherwise some other
backend might continue to access a tuple it found previously.

How much testing of this patch's concurrent behavior has been done?
I'm wondering if any other locking thinkos are in there ...

regards, tom lane