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Re: BUG #17686: SELECT pg_advisory_lock(...) with low lock_timeout sometimes times out but the lock is acquired - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #17686: SELECT pg_advisory_lock(...) with low lock_timeout sometimes times out but the lock is acquired
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Msg-id 146790.1668279112@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #17686: SELECT pg_advisory_lock(...) with low lock_timeout sometimes times out but the lock is acquired  (PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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Mike Adelson <mike.adelson314@gmail.com> writes:
> Glad to have the race condition confirmed. In my view the “real” fix
> here would be to offer an advisory locking function that accepts a
> timeout.

How would that remove the low-level race condition?

            regards, tom lane

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