Re: GIN pending list clean up exposure to SQL

Jeff Janes wrote:
> I've written a function which allows users to clean up the pending list.
> It takes the index name and returns the number of pending list pages
> deleted.

I just noticed that your patch uses AccessShareLock on the index.  Is
that okay?  I would have assumed that you'd need ShareUpdateExclusive
(same as vacuum uses), but I don't really know.  Was that a carefully
thought-out choice?

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