Re: pgsql: Fix a couple of bugs in MultiXactId freezing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: pgsql: Fix a couple of bugs in MultiXactId freezing
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Msg-id 20131203210424.GH5158@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: pgsql: Fix a couple of bugs in MultiXactId freezing  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pgsql: Fix a couple of bugs in MultiXactId freezing
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Tom Lane wrote:

> After some discussion, the core committee has concluded that we should go
> ahead with the already-wrapped releases.  9.2.6 and below are good anyway,
> and despite this issue 9.3.2 is an improvement over 9.3.1.  We'll plan to
> do a 9.3.3 as soon as the multixact situation can be straightened out;
> but let's learn from experience and not try to fix it in a panic.

I would suggest we include this one fix in 9.3.2a.  This bug is more
serious than the others because it happens because of checking HTSU on a
tuple containing running locker-only transactions and an aborted update.

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Álvaro Herrera                http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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