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Re: lock mode for ControlFileLock which pg_start_backup uses

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>

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From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
To: Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-03-09T09:56:23Z
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Takahiro Itagaki wrote:
> Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The attached patch changes the lock mode which pg_start_backup()
>> uses. Is it worth applying this patch?
> 
> I think the patch is reasonable to represent what we are doing,
> even if there is no performance benefits from it.

Agreed.

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