Re: Hot standby and GiST page splits (was Re: WIP: Fast GiST index build) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 01.08.2011 14:35, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>  wrote:
>
>>> Does the order of locking of the buffers matter? I'm sure it does.
>>
>> Yep.
>
> Do you mean that the BlockNumbers are already in correct sequence, or
> that you will be adding this code to redo?

I just meant that yes, the order of locking of the buffers does matter.

I believe we code acquire the locks in right order already, and the 
patch I posted fixes the premature release of locks at page split.

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