Re: Yet another fast GiST build

On 21/09/2020 12:06, Andrey M. Borodin wrote:
>> 21 сент. 2020 г., в 13:45, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
>> написал(а):
>> 
>> Actually, don't we have a problem with that, even before this
>> patch? Even though we set the LSN to the magic GistBuildLSN value
>> when we build the index, WAL replay will write the LSN of the
>> record instead. That would mess with the LSN-NSN interlock. After
>> WAL replay (or in a streaming replica), a scan on the GiST index
>> might traverse right-links unnecessarily.
> 
> I think we don't set rightlinks during index build.

The new GiST sorting code does not, but the regular insert-based code does.

That's a bit questionable in the new code actually. Was that a conscious
decision? The right-links are only needed when there are concurrent page
splits, so I think it's OK, but the checks for InvalidBlockNumber in
gistScanPage() and gistFindPage() have comment "/* sanity check */".
Comment changes are needed, at least.

- Heikki