"Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu> writes:
> Maybe related question: is the code below in XactLockTableWait() related to
> SIGQUIT?
No.
> /*
> * Transaction was committed/aborted/crashed - we have to update pg_clog
> * if transaction is still marked as running.
> */
> if (!TransactionIdDidCommit(xid) && !TransactionIdDidAbort(xid))
> TransactionIdAbort(xid);
The comment's "have to" is an overstatement. The transaction would be
treated as crashed anyway, it's just that this is a convenient place to
make pg_clog a bit cleaner. I'm not real sure why we bother, actually.
regards, tom lane