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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Proposal: New LWLockmode LW_OWNER
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Msg-id 4627.1212770398@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Proposal: New LWLockmode LW_OWNER  ("Jignesh K. Shah" <J.K.Shah@Sun.COM>)
Responses Re: Proposal: New LWLockmode LW_OWNER  ("Jignesh K. Shah" <J.K.Shah@Sun.COM>)
Re: Proposal: New LWLockmode LW_OWNER  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Re: Proposal: New LWLockmode LW_OWNER  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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"Jignesh K. Shah" <J.K.Shah@Sun.COM> writes:
> New Lock Mode Proposed: LW_EX_OWNER  (input on better name will be 
> appreciated).

This seems rather crazy, and you haven't actually given a single
convincing use-case.  Shouldn't you be trying to break down a lock
into multiple locks instead of inventing new lock semantics that
nobody really understands?
        regards, tom lane

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