Re: Doubt about AccessExclusiveLock in ALTER TABLE .. SET ( .. );

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Fabrízio Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Doubt about AccessExclusiveLock in ALTER TABLE .. SET ( .. );
Date: 2015-08-06 00:21:11
Message-ID: CAB7nPqQyCT08NQtOrwiEZf5BsgytKrve9EkvMSn8y0_O39C0OQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Fabrízio de Royes Mello wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> Agreed. I think we're making a mountain out of a molehill here. As
>> long as the locks that are actually used are monotonic, just use > and
>> stick a comment in there explaining that it could need adjustment if
>> we use other lock levels in the future. I presume all the lock-levels
>> used for DDL are, and will always be, self-exclusive, so why all this
>> hand-wringing?
>>
>
> New version attached with suggested changes.

Thanks!

+# SET autovacuum_* options needs a ShareUpdateExclusiveLock
+# so we mix reads with it to see what works or waits
s/needs/need/ and I think you mean mixing "writes", not "reads".

Those are minor things though, and from my point of view a committer
can look at it.
Regards,
--
Michael

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