Re: BUG #6629: Creating a gist index fails with "too many LWLocks taken"

On 11 May 2012 15:14, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> On 11.05.2012 16:56, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>
>> On 11 May 2012 11:07, Heikki Linnakangas
>> <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> =A0wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder if we should reserve a few of the lwlock "slots" for critical
>>> sections, to make this less likely to happen. Not only in this case, but
>>> in
>>> general. We haven't seen this problem often, but it would be quite
>>> trivial
>>> to reserve a few slots.
>>
>>
>> Why reserve them solely for critical sections?
>
>
> Because if you run out of lwlocks in a critical section, you get a PANIC.

Yes, but why reserve them solely for critical sections? If you have an
escape hatch you use it, always


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