The logs that were printed by Postgres
when enforcing deferred unique indexes were misleading.
This change should make it easier to understand or investigate
when users see the `waits for ShareLock` log entry
---
doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
index 049ee75a4ba..4e36c59776a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
@@ -1003,32 +1003,37 @@ ERROR: could not serialize access due to read/write dependencies among transact
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>SHARE</literal> (<literal>ShareLock</literal>)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Conflicts with the <literal>ROW EXCLUSIVE</literal>,
<literal>SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE</literal>, <literal>SHARE ROW
EXCLUSIVE</literal>, <literal>EXCLUSIVE</literal>, and
<literal>ACCESS EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock modes.
This mode protects a table against concurrent data changes.
</para>
<para>
Acquired by <command>CREATE INDEX</command>
(without <option>CONCURRENTLY</option>).
+
+ It is also acquired when enforcing a DEFERRED UNIQUE INDEX:
+ If a transaction detects another transaction that might cause
+ a potential conflict, it waits for the other transaction to complete,
+ by acquiring a ShareLock on the other transaction's transaction id.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
--
2.51.0