Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Theo Schlossnagle <jesus(at)omniti(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Actually ... why do we have to have that third wait step at all? Doesn't the indcheckxmin mechanism render it unnecessary, or couldn't we adjust the comparison xmin to make it unnecessary?