On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 07:55:16PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > On 13 May 2013 15:28, Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote: > > > The heavyweight locking mechanism will need to be aware of the association > > between the master and its workers. > > Not sure I can see why that would be true. > > ISTM that the workers need to be restricted in various ways from a > full-functioned master. If the workers can do things that conflict > with the master and/or each other, we're going to have all kinds of > hurt. > > The key is going to be deciding what the restrictions are and then > working out how to enforce them.
Yes, specific lock manager needs will depend on what we permit workers to do. -- Noah Misch EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
