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When heap_update needs to look for a page for the new tuple version, because the current one doesn't have sufficient free space, or when columns have to be processed by the tuple toaster, it has to release the lock on the old page during that. Otherwise there'd be lock ordering and lock nesting issues. To avoid concurrent sessions from trying to update / delete / lock the tuple while the page's content lock is released, the tuple's xmax is set to the current session's xid. That unfortunately was done without any WAL logging, thereby violating the rule that no XIDs may appear on disk, without an according WAL record. If the database were to crash / fail over when the page level lock is released, and some activity lead to the page being written out to disk, the xid could end up being reused; potentially leading to the row becoming invisible. There might be additional risks by not having t_ctid point at the tuple itself, without having set the appropriate lock infomask fields. To fix, compute the appropriate xmax/infomask combination for locking the tuple, and perform WAL logging using the existing XLOG_HEAP_LOCK record. That allows the fix to be backpatched. This issue has existed for a long time. There appears to have been partial attempts at preventing dangers, but these never have fully been implemented, and were removed a long time ago, in |
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README
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/.