Go to file
Tom Lane 0bc3ed98c0 Account for catalog snapshot in PGXACT->xmin updates.
The CatalogSnapshot was not plugged into SnapshotResetXmin()'s accounting
for whether MyPgXact->xmin could be cleared or advanced.  In normal
transactions this was masked by the fact that the transaction snapshot
would be older, but during backend startup and certain utility commands
it was possible to re-use the CatalogSnapshot after MyPgXact->xmin had
been cleared, meaning that recently-deleted rows could be pruned even
though this snapshot could still see them, causing unexpected catalog
lookup failures.  This effect appears to be the explanation for a recent
failure on buildfarm member piculet.

To fix, add the CatalogSnapshot to the RegisteredSnapshots heap whenever
it is valid.

In the previous logic, it was possible for the CatalogSnapshot to remain
valid across waits for client input, but with this change that would mean
it delays advance of global xmin in cases where it did not before.  To
avoid possibly causing new table-bloat problems with clients that sit idle
for long intervals, add code to invalidate the CatalogSnapshot before
waiting for client input.  (When the backend is busy, it's unlikely that
the CatalogSnapshot would be the oldest snap for very long, so we don't
worry about forcing early invalidation of it otherwise.)

In passing, remove the CatalogSnapshotStale flag in favor of using
"CatalogSnapshot != NULL" to represent validity, as we do for the other
special snapshots in snapmgr.c.  And improve some obsolete comments.

No regression test because I don't know a deterministic way to cause this
failure.  But the stress test shown in the original discussion provokes
"cache lookup failed for relation 1255" within a few dozen seconds for me.

Back-patch to 9.4 where MVCC catalog scans were introduced.  (Note: it's
quite easy to produce similar failures with the same test case in branches
before 9.4.  But MVCC catalog scans were supposed to fix that.)

Discussion: <16447.1478818294@sss.pgh.pa.us>
2016-11-15 15:55:35 -05:00
config Fix configure's incorrect version tests for flex and perl. 2016-05-02 11:18:10 -04:00
contrib Back-patch portability fixes for contrib/pageinspect/ginfuncs.c. 2016-11-04 12:37:29 -04:00
doc Fix duplication in ALTER MATERIALIZE VIEW synopsis 2016-11-14 11:14:34 -03:00
src Account for catalog snapshot in PGXACT->xmin updates. 2016-11-15 15:55:35 -05:00
.dir-locals.el emacs: Set indent-tabs-mode in perl-mode 2015-04-12 23:53:23 -04:00
.gitattributes Add functions for dealing with PGP armor header lines to pgcrypto. 2014-10-01 16:03:39 +03:00
.gitignore Improve speed of make check-world 2015-04-23 08:59:52 -04:00
aclocal.m4 Revert changes to pthread configure tests on REL9_5_STABLE. 2015-07-09 10:59:10 +03:00
configure Stamp 9.5.5. 2016-10-24 16:10:50 -04:00
configure.in Stamp 9.5.5. 2016-10-24 16:10:50 -04:00
COPYRIGHT Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:39 -05:00
GNUmakefile.in Fix distclean/maintainer-clean targets to remove top-level tmp_install dir. 2015-05-13 18:48:05 -04:00
HISTORY Improve text of stub HISTORY file. 2014-02-12 18:16:17 -05:00
Makefile
README Don't generate plain-text HISTORY and src/test/regress/README anymore. 2014-02-10 20:48:04 -05:00
README.git Don't generate plain-text HISTORY and src/test/regress/README anymore. 2014-02-10 20:48:04 -05:00

PostgreSQL Database Management System
=====================================

This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
database management system.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.  This distribution also contains C language bindings.

PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:

	http://www.postgresql.org/download

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
http://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.