Re: Add SKIP LOCKED to VACUUM and ANALYZE

From: "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Andres Freund" <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Lyes Ameddah <lyes(dot)amd(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Add SKIP LOCKED to VACUUM and ANALYZE
Date: 2018-07-29 22:56:24
Message-ID: D6AB2D2C-DE0F-46EA-A646-2445A4D7BDA5@amazon.com
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On 7/24/18, 8:07 PM, "Michael Paquier" <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> Hm... I have not imagined this part but adding a new layer is sort of
> ugly, and an extra one would be needed for CLUSTER as well, in which
> case adding cluster-related logs into vacuum.c introduces a circular
> dependency with cluster.c. What about just skipping this refactoring
> and move to the point where CLUSTER also gains its log queries directly
> in cluster_rel? VACUUM FULL is also not going to run for autovacuum, so
> that's less confusion with IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess().

Since vacuum_rel() already obtains an AccessExclusiveLock on the
relation for VACUUM FULL, we might be able to skip altering
cluster_rel(). I think we will need to alter it if we are going to
add SKIP LOCKED to CLUSTER, though.

Nathan

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