Re: Add 64-bit XIDs into PostgreSQL 15

Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>

To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Cc: Maxim Orlov <orlovmg@gmail.com>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Shubham Khanna <khannashubham1197@gmail.com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Pavel Borisov <pashkin.elfe@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Fedor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>, Konstantin Knizhnik <knizhnik@garret.ru>, Nikita Glukhov <n.gluhov@postgrespro.ru>, Yura Sokolov <y.sokolov@postgrespro.ru>

Date: 2024-09-12T11:12:41Z

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Add SLRU tests for 64-bit page case
- a60b8a58f435 17.0 landed
Make use FullTransactionId in 2PC filenames
- 5a1dfde8334b 17.0 landed
Use larger segment file names for pg_notify
- 2cdf131c46e6 17.0 landed
Index SLRUs by 64-bit integers rather than by 32-bit integers
- 4ed8f0913bfd 17.0 landed

Hi,

> Agree.
>
> To me it seems like we didn't reach a consensus regarding switching to
> 64-bit XIDs. Given that and the fact that the patchset is rather
> difficult to rebase (and review) I suggest focusing on something we
> reached a consensus for. I'm going to close a CF entry for this
> particular thread as RwF unless anyone objects. We can always return
> to this later, preferably knowing that there is a particular committer
> who has time and energy for merging this.

I started a new thread and opened a new CF entry for Int64 GUCs:

https://commitfest.postgresql.org/50/5253/

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev