"Pavan Deolasee" <pavan(dot)deolasee(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: > Isn't CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY prone deadlock conditions ? Can you give a specific example? The deadlock code will grant locks out-of-order in cases where the alternative is to abort somebody. I think you may be describing a missed opportunity in that logic, more than a reason to add still another fragile assumption for HOT. regards, tom lane