On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 11:25 AM Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:14 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 2:45 PM Ashutosh Bapat >> <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com> wrote: >> > >> > The name of the function suggests that the given message will be queued in ReorderBuffer. The prologue of the function says so too >> > 776 /* >> > 777 * Queue message into a transaction so it can be processed upon commit. >> > 778 */ >> > It led me to think that a non-transactional message is processed along with the surrounding transaction, esp. when it has an associated xid. >> > >> > But in reality, the function queues only a transactional message and decoders a non-transactional message immediately without waiting for a commit. >> > >> > We should modify the prologue to say >> > "Queue a transactional message into a transaction so that it can be processed upon commit. A non-transactional message is processed immediately." and also change the name of the function to ReorderBufferProcessMessage(), but the later may break API compatibility. >> > >> >> +1 for the comment change but I am not sure if it is a good idea to >> change the API name. >> > Can you please review wording? I will create a patch with updated wording. >
How about something like below: A transactional message is queued to be processed upon commit and a non-transactional message gets processed immediately.
