pgsql: Fix some issues that prevent this file to be processed by

Started by Alvaro Herreraalmost 18 years ago3 messagescomitters
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#1Alvaro Herrera
alvherre@postgresql.org

Log Message:
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Fix some issues that prevent this file to be processed by scripts.

While at it, mark a couple of items completed in 8.4:
! o -Prevent long-lived temporary tables from causing frozen-xid
advancement starvation

! * -Improve performance of shared invalidation queue for multiple CPUs

Also remove a couple of obsolete assignments.

Modified Files:
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pgsql/doc:
TODO (r1.2499 -> r1.2500)
(http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/TODO?r1=1.2499&r2=1.2500)
pgsql/doc/src/FAQ:
TODO.html (r1.1005 -> r1.1006)
(http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html?r1=1.1005&r2=1.1006)

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Alvaro Herrera (#1)
Re: pgsql: Fix some issues that prevent this file to be processed by

alvherre@postgresql.org (Alvaro Herrera) writes:

While at it, mark a couple of items completed in 8.4:
! o -Prevent long-lived temporary tables from causing frozen-xid
advancement starvation

Hum, should we really cross that off as "done"? I know we put in a hack
to clean up temp tables that were orphaned by crashed backends; but what
of the case where a session creates a temp table and then just sits on
it for billions of transactions?

regards, tom lane

#3Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: pgsql: Fix some issues that prevent this file to be processed by

Tom Lane wrote:

alvherre@postgresql.org (Alvaro Herrera) writes:

While at it, mark a couple of items completed in 8.4:
! o -Prevent long-lived temporary tables from causing frozen-xid
advancement starvation

Hum, should we really cross that off as "done"? I know we put in a hack
to clean up temp tables that were orphaned by crashed backends; but what
of the case where a session creates a temp table and then just sits on
it for billions of transactions?

'Done' mark removed.

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