Re: Adding REPACK [concurrently] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Antonin Houska
Subject Re: Adding REPACK [concurrently]
Date
Msg-id 11472.1762156600@localhost
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In response to Re: Adding REPACK [concurrently]  (Mihail Nikalayeu <mihailnikalayeu@gmail.com>)
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Mihail Nikalayeu <mihailnikalayeu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
> > Here's a new installment of this series, v25, including the CONCURRENTLY
> > part, which required some conflict fixes on top of the much-changed
> > v24-0001 patch.
>
>  > * cluster.c
>  > *      CLUSTER a table on an index.  This is now also used for VACUUM FULL.

ok

>  Should we add something about repack here?
>
>  > ii_ExclusinOps
>  typo here.

ok

>  >  * index is inserted into catalogs and needs to be built later on.
>  Now it is only in case concurrently == true

ok

> >   * Build the index information for the new index.  Note that rebuild of
> >   * indexes with exclusion constraints is not supported, hence there is no
> >   * need to fill all the ii_Exclusion* fields.
>
> Now the function supports its in !concurrently mode. Should we fill
> ii_Exclusion? Also, it says
>
> > If !concurrently, ii_ExclusinOps is currently not needed.

> But it is not clear - why not?

Right, makeIndexInfo() needs to be adjusted.

>
> >   newInfo = makeIndexInfo(oldInfo->ii_NumIndexAttrs,
> >                           oldInfo->ii_NumIndexKeyAttrs,
> >                           oldInfo->ii_Am,
> >                           indexExprs,
> >                           indexPreds,
> >                           oldInfo->ii_Unique,
> >                           oldInfo->ii_NullsNotDistinct,
> >                           false,  /* not ready for inserts */
> >                           true,
> >                           indexRelation->rd_indam->amsummarizing,
> >                           oldInfo->ii_WithoutOverlaps);
>
> Is it ok we pass isready == false if !concurrent?
> Also, we pass concurrent == true even if concurrently == false - feels
> strange and probably wrong.

You're right, both arguments are wrong.

> > This difference does has no impact on XidInMVCCSnapshot().
> Should it be "This difference has no impact"?

ok

> > * pgoutput_cluster.c
> > *       src/backend/replication/pgoutput_cluster/pgoutput_cluster.c
>  it is pgoutput_trepack.c :)

ok

I'll fix all the problems in the next version. Thanks!

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Antonin Houska
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