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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Page-at-a-time Locking Considerations
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In response to Page-at-a-time Locking Considerations  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> In heapgetpage() we hold the buffer locked while we look for visible
> tuples.

It's a share lock though.  Do you have any direct proof that this
behavior is as nasty as you claim?
        regards, tom lane

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