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Pavan Deolasee wrote:
> On 4/11/07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
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> >
> > [ itch... ] The problem is with time-extended execution of
> > GetSnapshotData; what happens if the other guy lost the CPU for a good
> > long time while in the middle of GetSnapshotData? He might set his
> > xmin based on info you saw as long gone.
> >
> > You might be correct that it's safe, but the argument would have to
> > hinge on the OldestXmin process being unable to commit because of
> > someone holding shared ProcArrayLock; a point you are definitely not
> > making above. (Study the comments in GetSnapshotData for awhile,
> > also those in xact.c's commit-related code.)
> >
> >
> My argument was based on what you said above, but I obviously did not
> state it well :)
>
> Anyways, I think its better to be safe and we agree that its not such a
> bad thing to take exclusive lock on procarray because CIC is not something
> that happens very often. Attached is a revised patch which takes exclusive
> lock on the procarray, rest remaining the same.
>
> Thanks,
> Pavan
>
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