Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix freezing of a dead HOT-updated tuple

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: "Wong, Yi Wen" <yiwong(at)amazon(dot)com>, "Wood, Dan" <hexpert(at)amazon(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix freezing of a dead HOT-updated tuple
Date: 2017-10-08 17:29:06
Message-ID: CAH2-Wzmfc7pv-WV7aphJrUaOaEo6n_2EBowPdQrjTiMFWOwWdw@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
> Hmm, I think I added a random sleep (max. 100ms) right after the
> HeapTupleSatisfiesVacuum call in vacuumlazy.c (lazy_scan_heap), and that
> makes the race easier to hit.

I still cannot reproduce. Perhaps you can be more specific?

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Peter Geoghegan

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