repack: clarify final phase of concurrent mode in file header comment - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chao Li
Subject repack: clarify final phase of concurrent mode in file header comment
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Msg-id 06F150E0-FDE9-4FC6-9EEF-79A759430471@gmail.com
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Hi,

The file header comment in repack.c briefly explains the workflow of concurrent mode as:

1. Lock the table with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock
2. Do an initial copy as non-concurrent mode
3. While the initial copy is going on, accumulates concurrent changes to a file
4. After the initial copy, read the file and re-apply the changes
5. Upgrade to AccessExclusiveLock and swap the relfilenodes

When I read the comment, I got confused at step 4. While that re-apply pass is running, concurrent changes can still
occur,so what happens to those changes? 

After reading the code, I see that there is actually an extra step after upgrading to AccessExclusiveLock to process
theremaining changes. 

I am afraid other readers may have the same confusion, so I am proposing this small patch to make the file header
commenta bit clearer. 

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/





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