Re: Improving connection scalability: GetSnapshotData()

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jonathan Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Improving connection scalability: GetSnapshotData()
Date: 2020-04-07 20:08:54
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZ6mCy5LMPCWb33UdNjwUbjtLXfOWVZ24EsUo0YHTr3CA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 3:31 PM Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> Well, it *is* only a vague test :). It shouldn't ever have a false
> positive, but there's plenty chance for false negatives (if wrapped
> around far enough).

Sure, but I think you get my point. Asserting that something "might
be" true isn't much of an assertion. Saying that it's in the correct
range is not to say there can't be a problem - but we're saying that
it IS in the expect range, not that it may or may not be.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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