Re: pgsql: Improve concurrency of foreign key locking

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Improve concurrency of foreign key locking
Date: 2013-01-31 10:56:15
Message-ID: BF7DDADB6810626A64FBE478@apophis.credativ.lan
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--On 23. Januar 2013 15:12:00 +0000 Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:

> This patch introduces two additional lock modes for tuples: "SELECT FOR
> KEY SHARE" and "SELECT FOR NO KEY UPDATE". These don't block each
> other, in contrast with already existing "SELECT FOR SHARE" and "SELECT
> FOR UPDATE". UPDATE commands that do not modify the values stored in
> the columns that are part of the key of the tuple now grab a SELECT FOR
> NO KEY UPDATE lock on the tuple, allowing them to proceed concurrently
> with tuple locks of the FOR KEY SHARE variety.

Out of curiousity, shouldn't we update chapter 13.3.2 in the docs to
mention the additional new lock modes, too?

--
Thanks

Bernd

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