On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgri...@ymail.com> wrote: > Robert Haas <rh...@postgresql.org> wrote: > >> This patch leaves unsolved the problem of ensuring that emergency >> autovacuums are triggered even when autovacuum=off. We'll need >> to fix that via a separate patch. > > I think we also need something like your previously-posted > > multixact-truncate-race.patch as a follow-on. I'm not at all > convinced that there is no possibility of truncating new data as > things stand; and even if that is true now, it seems terribly > fragile. (Only mentioning it because it wasn't noted in the commit > message.)
I agree. I'm writing up a summary of open issues now. I didn't mention it in the commit message because it's not related to the autovacuum part of the problem. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers