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Lock Management <a href="#RUNTIME-CONFIG-LOCKS" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="GUC-DEADLOCK-TIMEOUT"><span class="term"><code class="varname">deadlock_timeout</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>) + <a id="id-1.6.7.15.2.1.1.3" class="indexterm"></a> + <a id="id-1.6.7.15.2.1.1.4" class="indexterm"></a> + <a id="id-1.6.7.15.2.1.1.5" class="indexterm"></a> + </span> <a href="#GUC-DEADLOCK-TIMEOUT" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + This is the amount of time to wait on a lock + before checking to see if there is a deadlock condition. The + check for deadlock is relatively expensive, so the server doesn't run + it every time it waits for a lock. We optimistically assume + that deadlocks are not common in production applications and + just wait on the lock for a while before checking for a + deadlock. Increasing this value reduces the amount of time + wasted in needless deadlock checks, but slows down reporting of + real deadlock errors. + If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds. + The default is one second (<code class="literal">1s</code>), + which is probably about the smallest value you would want in + practice. On a heavily loaded server you might want to raise it. + Ideally the setting should exceed your typical transaction time, + so as to improve the odds that a lock will be released before + the waiter decides to check for deadlock. + Only superusers and users with the appropriate <code class="literal">SET</code> + privilege can change this setting. + </p><p> + When <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-LOG-LOCK-WAITS">log_lock_waits</a> is set, + this parameter also determines the amount of time to wait before + a log message is issued about the lock wait. If you are trying + to investigate locking delays you might want to set a shorter than + normal <code class="varname">deadlock_timeout</code>. + </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-LOCKS-PER-TRANSACTION"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_locks_per_transaction</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>) + <a id="id-1.6.7.15.2.2.1.3" class="indexterm"></a> + </span> <a href="#GUC-MAX-LOCKS-PER-TRANSACTION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + The shared lock table has space for + <code class="varname">max_locks_per_transaction</code> objects + (e.g., tables) per server process or prepared transaction; + hence, no more than this many distinct objects can be locked at + any one time. This parameter limits the average number of object + locks used by each transaction; individual transactions + can lock more objects as long as the locks of all transactions + fit in the lock table. This is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> the number of + rows that can be locked; that value is unlimited. The default, + 64, has historically proven sufficient, but you might need to + raise this value if you have queries that touch many different + tables in a single transaction, e.g., query of a parent table with + many children. This parameter can only be set at server start. + </p><p> + When running a standby server, you must set this parameter to have the + same or higher value as on the primary server. Otherwise, queries + will not be allowed in the standby server. + </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-PRED-LOCKS-PER-TRANSACTION"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_pred_locks_per_transaction</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>) + <a id="id-1.6.7.15.2.3.1.3" class="indexterm"></a> + </span> <a href="#GUC-MAX-PRED-LOCKS-PER-TRANSACTION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + The shared predicate lock table has space for + <code class="varname">max_pred_locks_per_transaction</code> objects + (e.g., tables) per server process or prepared transaction; + hence, no more than this many distinct objects can be locked at + any one time. This parameter limits the average number of object + locks used by each transaction; individual transactions + can lock more objects as long as the locks of all transactions + fit in the lock table. This is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> the number of + rows that can be locked; that value is unlimited. The default, + 64, has historically proven sufficient, but you might need to + raise this value if you have clients that touch many different + tables in a single serializable transaction. This parameter can + only be set at server start. + </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-PRED-LOCKS-PER-RELATION"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_pred_locks_per_relation</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>) + <a id="id-1.6.7.15.2.4.1.3" class="indexterm"></a> + </span> <a href="#GUC-MAX-PRED-LOCKS-PER-RELATION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + This controls how many pages or tuples of a single relation can be + predicate-locked before the lock is promoted to covering the whole + relation. Values greater than or equal to zero mean an absolute + limit, while negative values + mean <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-locks.html#GUC-MAX-PRED-LOCKS-PER-TRANSACTION">max_pred_locks_per_transaction</a> divided by + the absolute value of this setting. The default is -2, which keeps + the behavior from previous versions of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. + This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> + file or on the server command line. + </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-PRED-LOCKS-PER-PAGE"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_pred_locks_per_page</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>) + <a id="id-1.6.7.15.2.5.1.3" class="indexterm"></a> + </span> <a href="#GUC-MAX-PRED-LOCKS-PER-PAGE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + This controls how many rows on a single page can be predicate-locked + before the lock is promoted to covering the whole page. The default + is 2. 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