Hi,

On 2018-08-20 14:35:34 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The attached patch factors out the CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY code that
> waits for transactions with older snapshots to finish into a new
> function WaitForOlderSnapshots().

> This refactoring was part of a previously posted REINDEX CONCURRENTLY
> patch.  But this code is now also appearing as a copy-and-paste in the
> ATTACH/DETACH PARTITION CONCURRENTLY thread, so it might be worth making
> it an official thing.

I'm doubtful that ATTACH should use this, but I think the refactoring is
a good idea regardless.


> The question is where to put it.  This patch just leaves it static in
> indexcmds.c, which doesn't help other uses.  A sensible place might be a
> new src/backend/commands/common.c.  Or we make it non-static in
> indexcmds.c when the need arises.

Why not move it to procarray.c?  Most of the referenced functionality
resides there IIRC.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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