Re: pgstattuple locking fix

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: "ITAGAKI Takahiro" <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgstattuple locking fix
Date: 2007-10-22 17:21:04
Message-ID: 9494.1193073664@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:
>> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> I'm thinking that having a pin on the buffer should be enough to
>>> call PageGetHeapFreeSpace.
>>
>> Hmm... we might use pd_upper and pd_lower at different times,

> No I think the original patch was right. You can indeed read
> inconsistent values for pd_upper and pd_lower, though the window is very
> small.

Good point. I'll apply the original patch and also Heikki's suggested
comment.

regards, tom lane

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