Re: Well, we seem to be proof against cache-inval problems now - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Well, we seem to be proof against cache-inval problems now
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Msg-id 200101091802.NAA17888@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Well, we seem to be proof against cache-inval problems now  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Can this now be marked as done?
> > * Modification  of  pg_class  can  happen while table in use by  another
> > backend.  Might  lead  to  MVCC  inside  of  syscache
> 
> I'm not sure.  Do you have any record of what the concern was, in
> detail?  I don't understand what the TODO item is trying to say.

I assumed it was the problem of table lookups with no locking.  No idea
what the MVCC mention is about.

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