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Re: unlink for DROPs after releasing locks (was Re: Should I implement DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY?)

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, Daniel Farina <daniel@heroku.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-06-14T14:45:40Z
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Is RESOURCE_RELEASE_AFTER_LOCKS actually used for anything?  Is it
> just for extensions?

I'm too lazy to go look, but it certainly ought to be in use.
The idea is that that's the phase for post-lock-release cleanup,
and anything that can possibly be postponed till after releasing
locks certainly should be ...

			regards, tom lane