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Re: We need to log aborted autovacuums

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-15T19:29:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> Does try_relation_open need to have a lock acquisition timeout when AV
>> is calling it?
>
> Hmm.  I think when looking at the AV code, I've always subconsciously
> assumed that try_relation_open would fail immediately if it couldn't get
> the lock.  That certainly seems like it would be a more appropriate way
> to behave than delaying indefinitely.

I'm confused how that's not happening already. What does "try" mean, otherwise?

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