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diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index ed8dbae0d24..e873e1617e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -2036,6 +2036,18 @@ FreeBulkInsertState(BulkInsertState bistate)
* This causes rows to be frozen, which is an MVCC violation and
* requires explicit options chosen by user.
*
+ * HEAP_INSERT_SPECULATIVE is used on so-called "speculative insertions",
+ * which can be backed out afterwards without aborting the whole transaction.
+ * Other sessions can wait for the speculative insertion to be confirmed,
+ * turning it into a regular tuple, or aborted, as if it never existed.
+ * Speculatively inserted tuples behave as "value locks" of short duration,
+ * used to implement INSERT .. ON CONFLICT.
+ *
+ * HEAP_INSERT_NO_LOGICAL force-disables the emitting of logical decoding
+ * information for the tuple. This should solely be used during table rewrites
+ * where RelationIsLogicallyLogged(relation) is not yet accurate for the new
+ * relation.
+ *
* Note that these options will be applied when inserting into the heap's
* TOAST table, too, if the tuple requires any out-of-line data.
*
@@ -2138,7 +2150,8 @@ heap_insert(Relation relation, HeapTuple tup, CommandId cid,
* Also, if this is a catalog, we need to transmit combocids to
* properly decode, so log that as well.
*/
- need_tuple_data = RelationIsLogicallyLogged(relation);
+ need_tuple_data = RelationIsLogicallyLogged(relation) &&
+ !(options & HEAP_INSERT_NO_LOGICAL);
if (RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(relation))
log_heap_new_cid(relation, heaptup);
@@ -2325,6 +2338,9 @@ heap_multi_insert(Relation relation, HeapTuple *tuples, int ntuples,
bool need_tuple_data = RelationIsLogicallyLogged(relation);
bool need_cids = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(relation);
+ /* currently not needed (thus unsupported) for heap_multi_insert() */
+ AssertArg(!(options & HEAP_INSERT_NO_LOGICAL));
+
needwal = !(options & HEAP_INSERT_SKIP_WAL) && RelationNeedsWAL(relation);
saveFreeSpace = RelationGetTargetPageFreeSpace(relation,
HEAP_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR);