Re: Alter index rename concurrently to

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Andrey Klychkov <aaklychkov(at)mail(dot)ru>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Victor Yegorov <vyegorov(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Alter index rename concurrently to
Date: 2018-10-25 07:41:13
Message-ID: 87683f04-d63f-5bb4-793f-2be883b6e577@2ndquadrant.com
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On 17/10/2018 23:11, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 13/10/2018 04:01, Andres Freund wrote:
>> I don't see how this could be argued. It has to be a self-conflicting
>> lockmode, otherwise you'd end up doing renames of tables where you
>> cannot see the previous state. And you'd get weird errors about updating
>> invisible rows etc.
>
>> I don't buy this description. Imo it's a fundamental correctness
>> thing. Without it concurrent DDL would potentially overwrite the rename,
>> because they could start updating while still seeing the old version.
>
> OK, I can refine those descriptions/comments. Do you have any concerns
> about the underlying principle of this patch?

Patch with updated comments to reflect your input.

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