Thread: pgsql: Fix some issues that prevent this file to be processed by

Log Message:
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Fix some issues that prevent this file to be processed by scripts.

While at it, mark a couple of items completed in 8.4:
!   o -Prevent long-lived temporary tables from causing frozen-xid
      advancement starvation

! * -Improve performance of shared invalidation queue for multiple CPUs

Also remove a couple of obsolete assignments.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/doc:
        TODO (r1.2499 -> r1.2500)
        (http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/TODO?r1=1.2499&r2=1.2500)
    pgsql/doc/src/FAQ:
        TODO.html (r1.1005 -> r1.1006)
        (http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html?r1=1.1005&r2=1.1006)

alvherre@postgresql.org (Alvaro Herrera) writes:
> While at it, mark a couple of items completed in 8.4:
> !   o -Prevent long-lived temporary tables from causing frozen-xid
>       advancement starvation

Hum, should we really cross that off as "done"?  I know we put in a hack
to clean up temp tables that were orphaned by crashed backends; but what
of the case where a session creates a temp table and then just sits on
it for billions of transactions?

            regards, tom lane

Tom Lane wrote:
> alvherre@postgresql.org (Alvaro Herrera) writes:
> > While at it, mark a couple of items completed in 8.4:
> > !   o -Prevent long-lived temporary tables from causing frozen-xid
> >       advancement starvation
>
> Hum, should we really cross that off as "done"?  I know we put in a hack
> to clean up temp tables that were orphaned by crashed backends; but what
> of the case where a session creates a temp table and then just sits on
> it for billions of transactions?

'Done' mark removed.

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