Re: VACUUM FULL deadlock with backend startup

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Nikhil Sontakke <nikhil.sontakke@enterprisedb.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-03-20T06:24:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Nikhil Sontakke
> <nikhil.sontakke@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>> Not really a performance issue AFAICS. If the relcache init file exists,
>> then the phase2 of the catalog cache which eventually calls the above code
>> path is avoided.

> Oh, that doesn't sound so bad, then.

I want to take a closer look at this one because I thought I'd covered
all those issues in the last go-round.  But right offhand Nikhil's
analysis seems sane.

			regards, tom lane