Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Maybe I am missing something here, but reindex concurrently should do
> 1) BEGIN
> 2) Lock table in share update exlusive
> 3) lock old index
> 3) create new index
> 4) obtain session locks on table, old index, new index
> 5) commit
> 6) process till newindex->insisready (no new locks)
> 7) process till newindex->indisvalid (no new locks)
> 8) process till !oldindex->indisvalid (no new locks)
> 9) process till !oldindex->indisready (no new locks)
> 10) drop all session locks
> 11) lock old index exlusively which should be "invisible" now
> 12) drop old index

You can't drop the session locks until you're done.  Consider somebody
else trying to do a DROP TABLE between steps 10 and 11, for instance.

                        regards, tom lane


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