On 2018-Jun-13, Alexander Korotkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 12:48 PM Kuntal Ghosh
> <kuntalghosh.2007@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Three functions: brin_summarize_new_values, brin_summarize_range and
> > > brin_desummarize_range can be called during recovery as follows.
> > >
> > > =# select brin_summarize_new_values('a_idx');
> > > ERROR: cannot acquire lock mode ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on database
> > > objects while recovery is in progress
> > > HINT: Only RowExclusiveLock or less can be acquired on database
> > > objects during recovery.
Good catch!
> > > I think we should complaint "recovery is in progress" error in this
> > > case rather than erroring due to lock modes.
> > +1
>
> +1,
> but current behavior doesn't seem to be bug, but rather not precise
> enough error reporting. So, I think we shouldn't consider
> backpatching this.
I guess you could go either way ... we're just changing one unhelpful
error with a better one: there is no change in behavior. I would
backpatch this, myself, and avoid the code divergence.
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