Re: long wait times in ProcessCatchupEvent()

On 12/29/2010 2:58 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> It happened for you on 8.4 too?  In that previous thread you were still
> on 8.3.  If you did see it on 8.4 then it wasn't sinval ...
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
May I ask what exactly is "sinval"? I took a look at Craig's problem and
your description but I wasn't able to figure out what is sinval lock and
what does it lock? I apologize if the question is stupid.

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