Remove unnecessary GetTransactionSnapshot() calls
authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:42:39 +0000 (12:42 +0200)
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:42:39 +0000 (12:42 +0200)
commit952365cded635e54c4177399c0280cb7a5e34c11
treeb73b5b3452acfbb3acb3cce049272d13a3ed0435
parent7ec4b9ff80d92fee3c41eb1a069cc32d0ec11da1
Remove unnecessary GetTransactionSnapshot() calls

In get_database_list() and get_subscription_list(), the
GetTransactionSnapshot() call is not required because the catalog
table scans use the catalog snapshot, which is held until the end of
the scan. See table_beginscan_catalog(), which calls
RegisterSnapshot(GetCatalogSnapshot(relid)).

In InitPostgres, it's a little less obvious that it's not required,
but still true I believe. All the catalog lookups in InitPostgres()
also use the catalog snapshot, and the looked up values are copied
while still holding the snapshot.

Furthermore, as the removed FIXME comments said, calling
GetTransactionSnapshot() didn't really prevent MyProc->xmin from being
reset anyway.

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/7c56f180-b9e1-481e-8c1d-efa63de3ecbb@iki.fi
src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
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