Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> So the idea would be to skip about-to-be-dropped indexes in
> RelationGetIndexList directly - we don't ever need to watch those, not
> even for HOT - because we only have the necessary knowledge there. The
> normal valid/ready checks will be done at the callsites of
> RelationGetIndexList(). But those checks can be done in a locked manner
> now.
Right.
> Are you already working on a fix? Or shall I work on an updated patch?
I'll work on it.
> I vote for introducing wrapper functions/macro to do the
> about-to-be-dropped check, its hard enough to understand as-is.
Meh. If it's only going to be done in RelationGetIndexList, I'm
not sure that a wrapper macro is worth the trouble. If we needed
the test in multiple places I'd agree, but what other spots do you
see?
regards, tom lane
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