Re: What's left?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>, "''Merlin Moncure' '" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>, "'pgsql-hackers-win32 '" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: What's left?
Date: 2004-01-27 01:26:23
Message-ID: 7829.1075166783@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> In this way, no one ever has the rename file open while we are holding
> the locks, and we can loop without holding an exclusive lock on
> pg_shadow, and file writes remain in order.

You're doing this where exactly, and are certain that you are holding no
locks why exactly? And if you aren't holding a lock, what prevents
concurrency bugs?

regards, tom lane

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