On 2021-Jan-13, James Coleman wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 12:33 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
> > This is true. So I propose
> >
> > Like any long-running transaction, <command>REINDEX</command> can
> > affect which tuples can be removed by concurrent <command>VACUUM</command>
> > on any table.
>
> That sounds good to me.
Great, pushed with one more wording tweak: "REINDEX on any table can
affect ... on any other table". To pg12 and up.
I wondered about noting whether only processes in the current database
are affected, but then I noticed that the current code since commit
dc7420c2c927 uses a completely different algorithm than what we had with
GetOldestXmin() and does not consider database boundaries at all.
This doesn't sound great to me, since a misbehaved database can now
affect others ... Maybe I misunderstand that code.
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are of the "oh wow! That's cool" Not the "oh shit!" kind. :)"
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