Re: crash-safe visibility map, take four

From: 高增琦 <pgf00a(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jesper Krogh <jesper(at)krogh(dot)cc>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: crash-safe visibility map, take four
Date: 2011-03-31 08:46:10
Message-ID: AANLkTikBWi-a2eNPBK=VfLDQdOunq7hsFeVwLZpimJ8W@mail.gmail.com
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2011/3/30 Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>

> Maybe we could check PD_ALL_VISIBLE before
> taking the buffer lock - if it appears to be set, then we pin the
> visibility map page before taking the buffer lock. Otherwise, we take
> the buffer lock at once. Either way, once we have the lock, we
> recheck the bit. Only if it's set and we haven't got a pin do we need
> to do the drop-lock-pin-reacquire-lock dance. Is that at all
> sensible?
>

But only lock can make sure the page has enough free space.
If we try the drop-lock-...-lock dance, we may fall into a dead loop.

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GaoZengqi
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zengqigao(at)gmail(dot)com

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