Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > On 2013-04-12 13:09:02 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> However, we're still thinking too small. I've been wondering whether we >> couldn't entirely remove the dirty, awful kluges that were installed in >> the lock manager to kill autovacuum when somebody blocked behind it. >> This mechanism should ensure that AV never takes an exclusive lock >> for long enough to be a serious problem, so do we need that anymore?
> Wouldn't that make DROP TABLE stop working while autovac is processing > the table? Meh ... I guess you're right. I wasn't thinking about exclusive locks being taken elsewhere. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers