Re: pg_restore dependencies

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_restore dependencies
Date: 2009-04-10 22:57:16
Message-ID: 3003.1239404236@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> What you're missing is that we need to compare the lockdeps of each item
> (i.e. both the candidate item and the running item) with all the deps
> (not just the lockdeps) of the other item. If neither item has any
> lockdeps there will be no conflict. This will allow concurrent index
> creation, since neither item will have any lockdeps. But it will prevent
> us selecting a create index that conflicts with a running FK creation or
> vice versa.

Oh, I see, you're using the deps as a proxy for the shared locks the
operation will acquire. Yeah, that might work. Seems like it's nearly
a one-liner fix, too.

regards, tom lane

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