Re: Adding REPACK [concurrently] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mihail Nikalayeu
Subject Re: Adding REPACK [concurrently]
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Msg-id CADzfLwVtct0_GbtKt8hksR6rX2ozEtKSS4b=YmEOPghHkEE6XQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Adding REPACK [concurrently]  (Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at>)
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Hello, Antonin!

On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at> wrote:
> I'll fix all the problems in the next version. Thanks!

A few more moments I mentioned:

> switch ((vis = HeapTupleSatisfiesVacuum(tuple, OldestXmin, buf)))
vis is unused, also to double braces.

>       LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK);
>       continue;
>    }

>    /*
>     * In the concurrent case, we have a copy of the tuple, so we
>     * don't worry whether the source tuple will be deleted / updated
>     * after we release the lock.
>     */
>    LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK);
>}

I think locking and comments are a little bit confusing here.
I think we may use single LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK); before
`if (isdead)` as it was before.
Also, I am not sure "we have a copy" is the correct point here, I
think motivation is mostly the same as in
heapam_index_build_range_scan.

Also, I think it is a good idea to add tests for index-based and
sort-based repack.

Also, for sort-based I think we need to also call
repack_decode_concurrent_changes during insertion phase

> is_system_catalog && !concurrent
2 places, always true, feels strange.

Best regards,
Mikhail.



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