postgresql/contrib
Alvaro Herrera 301b2a1aad Reduce cost of test_decoding's new oldest_xmin test
Change a whole-database VACUUM into doing just pg_attribute, which is
the portion that verifies what we want it to do.  The original
formulation wastes a lot of CPU time, which leads the test to fail when
runtime exceeds isolationtester timeout when it's super-slow, such as
under CLOBBER_CACHE_ALWAYS.  Per buildfarm member friarbird.

It turns out that the previous shape of the test doesn't always detect
the condition it is supposed to detect (on unpatched reorderbuffer
code): the reason is that there is a good chance of encountering a
xl_running_xacts record (logged every 15 seconds) before the checkpoint
-- and because we advance the xmin when we receive that WAL record, and
we *don't* advance the xmin twice consecutively without receiving a
client message in between, that means the xmin is not advanced enough
for the tuple to be pruned from pg_attribute by VACUUM.  So the test
would spuriously pass.

The reason this test deficiency wasn't detected earlier is that HOT
pruning removes the tuple anyway, even if vacuum leaves it in place, so
the test correctly fails (detecting the coding mistake), but for the
wrong reason.

To fix this mess, run the s0_get_changes step twice before vacuum
instead of once: this seems to cause the xmin to be advanced reliably,
wreaking havoc with more certainty.

Author: Arseny Sher
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/87h8lkuxoa.fsf@ars-thinkpad
2018-07-05 16:54:52 -04:00
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adminpack adminpack: Revoke EXECUTE on pg_logfile_rotate() 2018-05-07 10:10:45 -04:00
auth_delay Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 14:19:48 -05:00
auto_explain Allow auto_explain.log_min_duration to go up to INT_MAX. 2018-02-23 14:39:20 -05:00
bloom Fix errors in contrib/bloom index build. 2018-03-22 13:13:58 -04:00
btree_gin Make contrib regression tests safe for Danish locale. 2016-07-21 16:52:35 -04:00
btree_gist Fix assorted issues in convert_to_scalar(). 2018-03-03 20:31:35 -05:00
chkpass Avoid returning undefined bytes in chkpass_in(). 2015-02-14 12:20:56 -05:00
citext Repair damage done by citext--1.1--1.2.sql. 2016-07-26 15:32:57 -04:00
cube Remove wrongly backpatched piece of code in cube.c 2018-04-10 14:59:27 +03:00
dblink Fix ancient connection leak in dblink 2017-03-11 13:32:26 -08:00
dict_int Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
dict_xsyn Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
earthdistance Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
file_fdw Add macros to make AllocSetContextCreate() calls simpler and safer. 2016-08-27 17:50:38 -04:00
fuzzystrmatch Update fuzzystrmatch extension for parallel query. 2016-06-07 11:26:41 -04:00
hstore Avoid formally-undefined use of memcpy() in hstoreUniquePairs(). 2017-11-25 14:42:32 -05:00
hstore_plperl Fix contrib/hstore_plperl to look through scalar refs. 2018-06-18 15:55:06 -04:00
hstore_plpython Minor fixes in contrib installation scripts. 2016-06-14 10:47:06 -04:00
intagg Schema-qualify some references to regprocedure. 2016-06-10 10:41:58 -04:00
intarray Fix -e option in contrib/intarray/bench/bench.pl. 2016-08-17 15:51:10 -04:00
isn Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
lo Update lo extension for parallel query. 2016-06-07 11:26:42 -04:00
ltree Spelling fixes 2017-03-14 13:45:54 -04:00
ltree_plpython Minor fixes in contrib installation scripts. 2016-06-14 10:47:06 -04:00
oid2name Empty search_path in Autovacuum and non-psql/pgbench clients. 2018-02-26 07:39:48 -08:00
pageinspect Fix incorrect computations of length of null bitmap in pageinspect. 2018-01-04 14:59:00 -05:00
passwordcheck Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
pg_buffercache pg_buffercache: Allow huge allocations. 2016-09-15 09:30:37 -04:00
pg_freespacemap Update pg_freespacemap extension for parallel query. 2016-06-09 17:18:16 -04:00
pg_prewarm Update pg_prewarm extension for parallel query. 2016-06-09 17:18:18 -04:00
pg_standby Fix new warnings from GCC 7 2017-05-16 08:52:39 -04:00
pg_stat_statements Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
pg_trgm Rework word_similarity documentation, make it close to actual algorithm. 2018-03-21 14:37:51 +03:00
pg_visibility Fix bugs in contrib/pg_visibility. 2016-10-01 16:32:55 -04:00
pgcrypto Rename base64 routines to avoid conflict with Solaris built-in functions. 2018-02-28 18:33:45 -05:00
pgrowlocks Fix handling of multixacts predating pg_upgrade 2016-06-24 18:29:28 -04:00
pgstattuple Minor fixes in contrib installation scripts. 2016-06-14 10:47:06 -04:00
postgres_fdw Fix broken extract_actual_join_clauses call in 9.6 postgres_fdw. 2018-04-19 18:29:39 -04:00
seg Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
sepgsql Silence compiler warning in sepgsql 2017-04-06 14:24:41 -07:00
spi Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
sslinfo Support OpenSSL 1.1.0. 2016-09-15 12:55:38 +03:00
start-scripts Provide modern examples of how to auto-start Postgres on macOS. 2017-11-17 12:47:21 -05:00
tablefunc Widen query numbers-of-tuples-processed counters to uint64. 2016-03-12 16:05:29 -05:00
tcn Revert CREATE INDEX ... INCLUDING ... 2016-04-08 21:52:13 +03:00
test_decoding Reduce cost of test_decoding's new oldest_xmin test 2018-07-05 16:54:52 -04:00
tsearch2 Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
tsm_system_rows Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
tsm_system_time Update copyright for 2016 2016-01-02 13:33:40 -05:00
unaccent Update unaccent extension for parallel query. 2016-06-14 14:55:49 -04:00
uuid-ossp Give a useful error message if uuid-ossp is built without preconfiguration. 2016-12-22 11:19:13 -05:00
vacuumlo Empty search_path in Autovacuum and non-psql/pgbench clients. 2018-02-26 07:39:48 -08:00
xml2 Fix typos in comments. 2017-02-06 11:34:15 +02:00
contrib-global.mk Respect TEMP_CONFIG when pg_regress_check and friends are called 2016-02-27 12:28:21 -05:00
Makefile Bloom index contrib module 2016-04-01 16:42:24 +03:00
README Rename 'gmake' to 'make' in docs and recommended commands 2014-02-12 17:29:19 -05:00

The PostgreSQL contrib tree
---------------------------

This subtree contains porting tools, analysis utilities, and plug-in
features that are not part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly
because they address a limited audience or are too experimental to be
part of the main source tree.  This does not preclude their
usefulness.

User documentation for each module appears in the main SGML
documentation.

When building from the source distribution, these modules are not
built automatically, unless you build the "world" target.  You can
also build and install them all by running "make all" and "make
install" in this directory; or to build and install just one selected
module, do the same in that module's subdirectory.

Some directories supply new user-defined functions, operators, or
types.  To make use of one of these modules, after you have installed
the code you need to register the new SQL objects in the database
system by executing a CREATE EXTENSION command.  In a fresh database,
you can simply do

    CREATE EXTENSION module_name;

See the PostgreSQL documentation for more information about this
procedure.