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Peter Geoghegan e4fa6c9295 Fix bug in nbtree VACUUM "skip full scan" feature. 
Commit 857f9c36cd (which taught nbtree VACUUM to skip a scan of the
index from btcleanup in situations where it doesn't seem worth it) made
VACUUM maintain the oldest btpo.xact among all deleted pages for the
index as a whole.  It failed to handle all the details surrounding pages
that are deleted by the current VACUUM operation correctly (though pages
deleted by some previous VACUUM operation were processed correctly).

The most immediate problem was that the special area of the page was
examined without a buffer pin at one point.  More fundamentally, the
handling failed to account for the full range of _bt_pagedel()
behaviors.  For example, _bt_pagedel() sometimes deletes internal pages
in passing, as part of deleting an entire subtree with btvacuumpage()
caller's page as the leaf level page.  The original leaf page passed to
_bt_pagedel() might not be the page that it deletes first in cases where
deletion can take place.

It's unclear how disruptive this bug may have been, or what symptoms
users might want to look out for.  The issue was spotted during
unrelated code review.

To fix, push down the logic for maintaining the oldest btpo.xact to
_bt_pagedel().  btvacuumpage() is now responsible for pages that were
fully deleted by a previous VACUUM operation, while _bt_pagedel() is now
responsible for pages that were deleted by the current VACUUM operation
(this includes half-dead pages from a previous interrupted VACUUM
operation that become fully deleted in _bt_pagedel()).  Note that
_bt_pagedel() should never encounter an existing deleted page.

This commit theoretically breaks the ABI of a stable release by changing
the signature of _bt_pagedel().  However, if any third party extension
is actually affected by this, then it must already be completely broken
(since there are numerous assumptions made in _bt_pagedel() that cannot
be met outside of VACUUM).  It seems highly unlikely that such an
extension actually exists, in any case.

Author: Peter Geoghegan
Reviewed-By: Masahiko Sawada
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-WzkrXBcMQWAYUJMFTTvzx_r4q=pYSjDe07JnUXhe+OZnJA@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch: 11-, where the "skip full scan" feature was introduced.
 		2020-05-01 08:39:49 -07:00
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contrib Fix cache reference leak in contrib/sepgsql. 2020-04-16 14:45:54 -04:00
doc docs: land height is "elevation", not "altitude" 2020-04-22 16:23:19 -04:00
src Fix bug in nbtree VACUUM "skip full scan" feature. 2020-05-01 08:39:49 -07:00
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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:

	https://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
https://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.