From 5428ff4af84e488c7f0629108cd12ff51125e09f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:50:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Merge visibility map crash-safety into index-only scan release note item, per Robert Haas. --- doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml | 16 +++------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml index fc477c84b0..374ffb4599 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml @@ -413,10 +413,11 @@ This is often called "index-only scans" or "covering indexes". This is possible for heap pages with exclusively all-visible - tuples, as reported by the visibility map. + tuples, as reported by the visibility map. The visibility map was + made crash-safe as a necessary part of implementing this feature. - + Allow frequently uncontended locks to be recorded using a new @@ -539,17 +540,6 @@ - - - Make the visibility map crash-safe (Robert Haas, Noah Misch) - - - - This helps vacuum be more efficient, and is necessary for - index-only scans. - - - Improve PowerPC and Itanium spinlock performance (Manabu Ori,