Re: SSI atomic commit - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: SSI atomic commit
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Msg-id 4E16269C.1000503@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: SSI atomic commit  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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On 08.07.2011 00:33, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 08.07.2011 00:21, Dan Ports wrote:
>> We should also apply the attached patch, which corrects a minor issue
>> with the conditions for flagging transactions that could potentially
>> make a snapshot unsafe.
>>
>> There's a small window wherein a transaction is committed but not yet
>> on the finished list, and we shouldn't flag it as a potential conflict
>> if so. We can also skip adding a doomed transaction to the list of
>> possible conflicts because we know it won't commit.
>
> Hmm, it's now also possible for the transaction to be prepared, and
> already visible to others, but not yet flagged as committed. Shouldn't
> those be included too?

Oh, never mind, I read the test backwards. They are included, as the 
patch stands. I'll commit this too..

--   Heikki Linnakangas  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com


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