Correct comment in GetConflictingVirtualXIDs()

We use Share lock because it is safe to do so.
pull/10/head
Simon Riggs 10 years ago
parent 00347575e2
commit 1129c2b0ad
  1. 7
      src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c

@ -2540,8 +2540,11 @@ GetConflictingVirtualXIDs(TransactionId limitXmin, Oid dbOid)
/*
* We ignore an invalid pxmin because this means that backend has
* no snapshot and cannot get another one while we hold exclusive
* lock.
* no snapshot currently. We hold a Share lock to avoid contention
* with users taking snapshots. That is not a problem because
* the current xmin is always at least one higher than the latest
* removed xid, so any new snapshot would never conflict with the
* test here.
*/
if (!TransactionIdIsValid(limitXmin) ||
(TransactionIdIsValid(pxmin) && !TransactionIdFollows(pxmin, limitXmin)))

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