[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [HACKERS] [OSSTEST PATCH 0/1] PostgreSQL db: Retry on constraint violation [and 2 more messages] [and 1 more messages]
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm not sure Ian is intentionally taking that position. Not all of us >> are as familiar with the ramifications of every serializability >> behavior we may want as you are. > > Indeed. I think it's fair to say that I'm totally unfamiliar with the > ramifications. You might also fairly characterise me as naive; I had > certainly made some assumptions which it seems are known (around here) > to be both false and difficult to make true. We can't all be database gurus... > Let me try to summarise my understanding of what the developers think > they can and intend to promise, about SERIALIZABLE transactions: > > There is a consistent serialisation of all transactions which > successfully commit; or which do not attempt to make any changes. I think we've figured out that it is limited to transactions which successfully commit plus read-only transactions that roll back at the top level but never roll back a subtransaction. And I'm not sure there aren't other exceptions. Basically, be very wary about relying on information extracted from a transaction that rolled back: there might be dragons there. > A "consistent serialisation" means that there is an order in which > the same transactions might have been executed giving exactly the > answers. This includes, if applicable, the same errors. (The > database is free to generate synchronisation failure errors 40P01 and > 40001 whenever it chooses.) Seems right. > A transaction which attempts to make any changes, and which does not > commit (whether because the application never asks for COMMIT, or > because of reported synchronisation failure) might see internally > inconsistent data, or an internally-consistent view which is not > compatible with any serialisation of other transactions. An > application which needs a coherent view should not rely on any of the > information from such a transaction. I think it will see an internally-consistent view which is not compatible with any global serial ordering. I don't see why it would see an internally-inconsistent view; inconsistent how? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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