Fix hash index vs "snapshot too old" problemms
Hash indexes are not WAL-logged, and so do not maintain the LSN of
index pages. Since the "snapshot too old" feature counts on
detecting error conditions using the LSN of a table and all indexes
on it, this makes it impossible to safely do early vacuuming on any
table with a hash index, so add this to the tests for whether the
xid used to vacuum a table can be adjusted based on
old_snapshot_threshold.
While at it, add a paragraph to the docs for old_snapshot_threshold
which specifically mentions this and other aspects of the feature
which may otherwise surprise users.
Problem reported and patch reviewed by Amit Kapila
Branch
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master
Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/2cc41acd8fa3ebb8f0501c6102a253fb7053cf46
Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 13 ++++++++++
src/backend/access/hash/hash.c | 1 -
src/backend/access/hash/hashsearch.c | 4 ----
src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c | 3 ++-
src/include/utils/rel.h | 1 +
6 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)