Re: [BUGS] Breakage with VACUUM ANALYSE + partitions

On 2016-04-26 17:25:18 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> > On 2016-04-25 16:29:36 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> >> > Well, I posted a patch. I'd have applied it too (after addressing your
> >> > comments obviously), except that there's some interdependencies with the
> >> > nsmg > 0 thread (some of my tests fail spuriously without that
> >> > fixed). Early last week I waited for a patch on that thread, but when
> >> > that didn't materialize by Friday I switched to work on that [1]. With
> >> > both fixes applied I can't reproduce any problems anymore.
> >>
> >> OK. What are the interdependencies? You've said that a few times but
> >> I am not clear on what the nature of those interdependencies is.
> >
> > I added checks to smgr/md.c that verify that the smgr state is
> > consistent with the on-file state. Without the two issues in [1] fixed,
> > these tests fail in a standby, while running regression tests. Adding
> > those tests made me notice a bug in an unreleased version of the patch,
> > so it seems they're worthwhile to run.
>
> Footnote [1] is used, but not defined.

Oops, it's the thread you replied too..

> I think it makes sense to go ahead and push this fix rather soon.

Will do.