Update xact.c comments for clarity.

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Bruce Momjian 2002-11-13 03:12:05 +00:00
parent 34529aeb64
commit 63e9734542
2 changed files with 102 additions and 114 deletions

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@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c,v 1.137 2002/11/11 22:19:20 tgl Exp $
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c,v 1.138 2002/11/13 03:12:05 momjian Exp $
*
* NOTES
* Transaction aborts can now occur two ways:
*
* 1) system dies from some internal cause (Assert, etc..)
* 2) user types abort
* 1) system dies from some internal cause (syntax error, etc..)
* 2) user types ABORT
*
* These two cases used to be treated identically, but now
* we need to distinguish them. Why? consider the following
@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
* In case 1, we want to abort the transaction and return to the
* default state. In case 2, there may be more commands coming
* our way which are part of the same transaction block and we have
* to ignore these commands until we see an END transaction.
* (or an ABORT! --djm)
* to ignore these commands until we see a COMMIT transaction or
* ROLLBACK.
*
* Internal aborts are now handled by AbortTransactionBlock(), just as
* they always have been, and user aborts are now handled by
@ -52,14 +52,6 @@
* TransactionCommandContext until this point.
*
* NOTES
* This file is an attempt at a redesign of the upper layer
* of the V1 transaction system which was too poorly thought
* out to describe. This new system hopes to be both simpler
* in design, simpler to extend and needs to contain added
* functionality to solve problems beyond the scope of the V1
* system. (In particuler, communication of transaction
* information between parallel backends has to be supported)
*
* The essential aspects of the transaction system are:
*
* o transaction id generation
@ -69,7 +61,7 @@
* o lock cleanup
*
* Hence, the functional division of the transaction code is
* based on what of the above things need to be done during
* based on which of the above things need to be done during
* a start/commit/abort transaction. For instance, the
* routine AtCommit_Memory() takes care of all the memory
* cleanup stuff done at commit time.
@ -99,17 +91,17 @@
* CommitTransactionBlock
* AbortTransactionBlock
*
* These are invoked only in responce to a user "BEGIN", "END",
* or "ABORT" command. The tricky part about these functions
* These are invoked only in responce to a user "BEGIN WORK", "COMMIT",
* or "ROLLBACK" command. The tricky part about these functions
* is that they are called within the postgres main loop, in between
* the StartTransactionCommand() and CommitTransactionCommand().
*
* For example, consider the following sequence of user commands:
*
* 1) begin
* 2) retrieve (foo.all)
* 3) append foo (bar = baz)
* 4) end
* 2) select * from foo
* 3) insert into foo (bar = baz)
* 4) commit
*
* in the main processing loop, this results in the following
* transaction sequence:
@ -120,15 +112,15 @@
* \ CommitTransactionCommand();
*
* / StartTransactionCommand();
* 2) < ProcessQuery(); << retrieve (foo.all)
* 2) < ProcessQuery(); << select * from foo
* \ CommitTransactionCommand();
*
* / StartTransactionCommand();
* 3) < ProcessQuery(); << append foo (bar = baz)
* 3) < ProcessQuery(); << insert into foo (bar = baz)
* \ CommitTransactionCommand();
*
* / StartTransactionCommand();
* 4) / ProcessUtility(); << end
* 4) / ProcessUtility(); << commit
* \ CommitTransactionBlock();
* \ CommitTransactionCommand();
*
@ -139,19 +131,14 @@
* outside these calls they need to do normal start/commit
* processing.
*
* Furthermore, suppose the "retrieve (foo.all)" caused an abort
* Furthermore, suppose the "select * from foo" caused an abort
* condition. We would then want to abort the transaction and
* ignore all subsequent commands up to the "end".
* ignore all subsequent commands up to the "commit".
* -cim 3/23/90
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/*
* Large object clean up added in CommitTransaction() to prevent buffer leaks.
* [PA, 7/17/98]
* [PA] is Pascal André <andre@via.ecp.fr>
*/
#include "postgres.h"
#include <unistd.h>
@ -201,9 +188,8 @@ static void CommitTransaction(void);
static void RecordTransactionAbort(void);
static void StartTransaction(void);
/* ----------------
* global variables holding the current transaction state.
* ----------------
/*
* global variables holding the current transaction state.
*/
static TransactionStateData CurrentTransactionStateData = {
0, /* transaction id */
@ -211,13 +197,13 @@ static TransactionStateData CurrentTransactionStateData = {
0, /* scan command id */
0x0, /* start time */
TRANS_DEFAULT, /* transaction state */
TBLOCK_DEFAULT /* transaction block state */
TBLOCK_DEFAULT /* transaction block state of client queries */
};
TransactionState CurrentTransactionState = &CurrentTransactionStateData;
/*
* User-tweakable parameters
* User-tweakable parameters
*/
int DefaultXactIsoLevel = XACT_READ_COMMITTED;
int XactIsoLevel;
@ -236,22 +222,22 @@ static void *_RollbackData = NULL;
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* transaction state accessors
* transaction state accessors
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#ifdef NOT_USED
/* --------------------------------
* TransactionFlushEnabled()
* SetTransactionFlushEnabled()
* TransactionFlushEnabled()
* SetTransactionFlushEnabled()
*
* These are used to test and set the "TransactionFlushState"
* varable. If this variable is true (the default), then
* the system will flush all dirty buffers to disk at the end
* of each transaction. If false then we are assuming the
* buffer pool resides in stable main memory, in which case we
* only do writes as necessary.
* These are used to test and set the "TransactionFlushState"
* varable. If this variable is true (the default), then
* the system will flush all dirty buffers to disk at the end
* of each transaction. If false then we are assuming the
* buffer pool resides in stable main memory, in which case we
* only do writes as necessary.
* --------------------------------
*/
static int TransactionFlushState = 1;
@ -271,10 +257,10 @@ SetTransactionFlushEnabled(bool state)
/* --------------------------------
* IsTransactionState
* IsTransactionState
*
* This returns true if we are currently running a query
* within an executing transaction.
* This returns true if we are currently running a query
* within an executing transaction.
* --------------------------------
*/
bool
@ -303,10 +289,10 @@ IsTransactionState(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* IsAbortedTransactionBlockState
* IsAbortedTransactionBlockState
*
* This returns true if we are currently running a query
* within an aborted transaction block.
* This returns true if we are currently running a query
* within an aborted transaction block.
* --------------------------------
*/
bool
@ -322,7 +308,7 @@ IsAbortedTransactionBlockState(void)
/* --------------------------------
* GetCurrentTransactionId
* GetCurrentTransactionId
* --------------------------------
*/
TransactionId
@ -335,7 +321,7 @@ GetCurrentTransactionId(void)
/* --------------------------------
* GetCurrentCommandId
* GetCurrentCommandId
* --------------------------------
*/
CommandId
@ -348,7 +334,7 @@ GetCurrentCommandId(void)
/* --------------------------------
* GetCurrentTransactionStartTime
* GetCurrentTransactionStartTime
* --------------------------------
*/
AbsoluteTime
@ -361,7 +347,7 @@ GetCurrentTransactionStartTime(void)
/* --------------------------------
* GetCurrentTransactionStartTimeUsec
* GetCurrentTransactionStartTimeUsec
* --------------------------------
*/
AbsoluteTime
@ -376,12 +362,12 @@ GetCurrentTransactionStartTimeUsec(int *msec)
/* --------------------------------
* TransactionIdIsCurrentTransactionId
* TransactionIdIsCurrentTransactionId
*
* During bootstrap, we cheat and say "it's not my transaction ID" even though
* it is. Along with transam.c's cheat to say that the bootstrap XID is
* already committed, this causes the tqual.c routines to see previously
* inserted tuples as committed, which is what we need during bootstrap.
* During bootstrap, we cheat and say "it's not my transaction ID" even though
* it is. Along with transam.c's cheat to say that the bootstrap XID is
* already committed, this causes the tqual.c routines to see previously
* inserted tuples as committed, which is what we need during bootstrap.
* --------------------------------
*/
bool
@ -400,7 +386,7 @@ TransactionIdIsCurrentTransactionId(TransactionId xid)
/* --------------------------------
* CommandIdIsCurrentCommandId
* CommandIdIsCurrentCommandId
* --------------------------------
*/
bool
@ -413,7 +399,7 @@ CommandIdIsCurrentCommandId(CommandId cid)
/* --------------------------------
* CommandCounterIncrement
* CommandCounterIncrement
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -446,7 +432,7 @@ CommandCounterIncrement(void)
*/
/* --------------------------------
* AtStart_Cache
* AtStart_Cache
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -471,7 +457,7 @@ AtStart_Locks(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AtStart_Memory
* AtStart_Memory
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -512,7 +498,7 @@ AtStart_Memory(void)
*/
/*
* RecordTransactionCommit
* RecordTransactionCommit
*/
void
RecordTransactionCommit(void)
@ -620,7 +606,7 @@ RecordTransactionCommit(void)
/* --------------------------------
* AtCommit_Cache
* AtCommit_Cache
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -638,7 +624,7 @@ AtCommit_Cache(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AtCommit_LocalCache
* AtCommit_LocalCache
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -651,7 +637,7 @@ AtCommit_LocalCache(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AtCommit_Locks
* AtCommit_Locks
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -666,7 +652,7 @@ AtCommit_Locks(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AtCommit_Memory
* AtCommit_Memory
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -694,7 +680,7 @@ AtCommit_Memory(void)
*/
/*
* RecordTransactionAbort
* RecordTransactionAbort
*/
static void
RecordTransactionAbort(void)
@ -763,7 +749,7 @@ RecordTransactionAbort(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AtAbort_Cache
* AtAbort_Cache
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -774,7 +760,7 @@ AtAbort_Cache(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AtAbort_Locks
* AtAbort_Locks
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -790,7 +776,7 @@ AtAbort_Locks(void)
/* --------------------------------
* AtAbort_Memory
* AtAbort_Memory
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -823,7 +809,7 @@ AtAbort_Memory(void)
*/
/* --------------------------------
* AtCleanup_Memory
* AtCleanup_Memory
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -852,8 +838,7 @@ AtCleanup_Memory(void)
*/
/* --------------------------------
* StartTransaction
*
* StartTransaction
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -929,8 +914,7 @@ CurrentXactInProgress(void)
#endif
/* --------------------------------
* CommitTransaction
*
* CommitTransaction
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -1050,8 +1034,7 @@ CommitTransaction(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AbortTransaction
*
* AbortTransaction
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -1157,8 +1140,7 @@ AbortTransaction(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* CleanupTransaction
*
* CleanupTransaction
* --------------------------------
*/
static void
@ -1185,10 +1167,10 @@ CleanupTransaction(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* StartTransactionCommand
* StartTransactionCommand
*
* preventChain, if true, forces autocommit behavior at the next
* CommitTransactionCommand call.
* preventChain, if true, forces autocommit behavior at the next
* CommitTransactionCommand call.
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1278,9 +1260,9 @@ StartTransactionCommand(bool preventChain)
}
/* --------------------------------
* CommitTransactionCommand
* CommitTransactionCommand
*
* forceCommit = true forces autocommit behavior even when autocommit is off.
* forceCommit = true forces autocommit behavior even when autocommit is off.
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1377,7 +1359,7 @@ CommitTransactionCommand(bool forceCommit)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AbortCurrentTransaction
* AbortCurrentTransaction
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1454,22 +1436,22 @@ AbortCurrentTransaction(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* PreventTransactionChain
* PreventTransactionChain
*
* This routine is to be called by statements that must not run inside
* a transaction block, typically because they have non-rollback-able
* side effects or do internal commits.
* This routine is to be called by statements that must not run inside
* a transaction block, typically because they have non-rollback-able
* side effects or do internal commits.
*
* If we have already started a transaction block, issue an error; also issue
* an error if we appear to be running inside a user-defined function (which
* could issue more commands and possibly cause a failure after the statement
* completes). In autocommit-off mode, we allow the statement if a block is
* not already started, and force the statement to be autocommitted despite
* the mode.
* If we have already started a transaction block, issue an error; also issue
* an error if we appear to be running inside a user-defined function (which
* could issue more commands and possibly cause a failure after the statement
* completes). In autocommit-off mode, we allow the statement if a block is
* not already started, and force the statement to be autocommitted despite
* the mode.
*
* stmtNode: pointer to parameter block for statement; this is used in
* a very klugy way to determine whether we are inside a function.
* stmtType: statement type name for error messages.
* stmtNode: pointer to parameter block for statement; this is used in
* a very klugy way to determine whether we are inside a function.
* stmtType: statement type name for error messages.
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1512,7 +1494,7 @@ PreventTransactionChain(void *stmtNode, const char *stmtType)
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/* --------------------------------
* BeginTransactionBlock
* BeginTransactionBlock
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1546,7 +1528,7 @@ BeginTransactionBlock(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* EndTransactionBlock
* EndTransactionBlock
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1594,7 +1576,7 @@ EndTransactionBlock(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AbortTransactionBlock
* AbortTransactionBlock
* --------------------------------
*/
#ifdef NOT_USED
@ -1632,7 +1614,7 @@ AbortTransactionBlock(void)
#endif
/* --------------------------------
* UserAbortTransactionBlock
* UserAbortTransactionBlock
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1678,11 +1660,11 @@ UserAbortTransactionBlock(void)
}
/* --------------------------------
* AbortOutOfAnyTransaction
* AbortOutOfAnyTransaction
*
* This routine is provided for error recovery purposes. It aborts any
* active transaction or transaction block, leaving the system in a known
* idle state.
* This routine is provided for error recovery purposes. It aborts any
* active transaction or transaction block, leaving the system in a known
* idle state.
* --------------------------------
*/
void
@ -1730,6 +1712,11 @@ IsTransactionBlock(void)
return false;
}
/*
* XLOG support routines
*/
void
xact_redo(XLogRecPtr lsn, XLogRecord *record)
{

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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: xact.h,v 1.46 2002/10/21 22:06:20 tgl Exp $
* $Id: xact.h,v 1.47 2002/11/13 03:12:05 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ typedef struct TransactionStateData
typedef TransactionStateData *TransactionState;
/* ----------------
* transaction states
* ----------------
/*
* transaction states - transaction state from server perspective
*
* Syntax error could cause transaction to abort, but client code thinks
* it is still in a transaction, so we have to wait for COMMIT/ROLLBACK.
*/
#define TRANS_DEFAULT 0
#define TRANS_START 1
@ -56,9 +58,8 @@ typedef TransactionStateData *TransactionState;
#define TRANS_COMMIT 3
#define TRANS_ABORT 4
/* ----------------
* transaction block states
* ----------------
/*
* transaction block states - transaction state of client queries
*/
#define TBLOCK_DEFAULT 0
#define TBLOCK_BEGIN 1