Re: [PATCH] Prevent repeated deadlock-check signals in standby buffer pin waits

Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, JoongHyuk Shin <sjh910805@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Vitaly Davydov <v.davydov@postgrespro.ru>
Date: 2026-05-18T20:32:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hello,

On 2026-Apr-21, Michael Paquier wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 02:42:38PM +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
> > Since this change improves recovery-conflict behavior rather than fixing a bug,
> > it doesn't seem to need backpatching and we may need to wait until v20
> > development opens (probably July) before committing it.
> 
> Yeah, this one is an improvement, not an actual bug, so let's wait for
> v20 if worth doing (I did not check it). 

Hmm, is this related to 
https://postgr.es/m/44c24dcf-5710-410f-b1b6-d10b315f3d51@postgrespro.ru ?
In there, Vitaly claims to be reporting a bug that goes back to pg15,
which contradicts this assessment.

Regards,

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