Re: [HACKERS] It sorta works, but I'm confused about locking - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] It sorta works, but I'm confused about locking
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Msg-id 20730.907006146@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] It sorta works, but I'm confused about locking  (Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>)
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Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it> writes:
>> it's not at all clear whether I should call RelationUnsetLockForWrite
>> at the end of the routine or not; some existing code does, some doesn't.

> It is not done where there is an immediate CommitTransactionCommand which
> already releases the locks.

Hmm.  OK, but I guess I don't really understand why it's ever valid to
release a lock before the end of the transaction --- and
CommitTransactionCommand isn't necessarily the end of the transaction
anyway, if you're inside a transaction block.

Basically: it seems to me it's a bug to call UnsetLock (any flavor)
from *anywhere* except transaction commit.  If this is not so, why not?

            regards, tom lane

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