Re: Add 64-bit XIDs into PostgreSQL 15

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Maxim Orlov <orlovmg(at)gmail(dot)com>, Yura Sokolov <y(dot)sokolov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Evgeny Voropaev <evgeny(dot)voropaev(at)tantorlabs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: Add 64-bit XIDs into PostgreSQL 15
Date: 2026-02-09 13:40:48
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZuxbWe+dMo4XDXL1w+S2Nxbc7dfaYOSZKXJR-xj_+MdA@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 12:21 PM Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> On the topic of pd_prune_xid - I've been wondering if, instead of the double
> xmax approach, the high bits of the 64bit xid could be stored in pd_prune_xid,
> signified by a flag on the page indicating so.

We potentially have both XIDs and MXIDs to worry about, though.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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