Sunday, August 10, 2008

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix corner-case bug introduced with HOT: if REINDEX TABLE

Log Message:
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Fix corner-case bug introduced with HOT: if REINDEX TABLE pg_class (or a
REINDEX DATABASE including same) is done before a session has done any other
update on pg_class, the pg_class relcache entry was left with an incorrect
setting of rd_indexattr, because the indexed-attributes set would be first
demanded at a time when we'd forced a partial list of indexes into the
pg_class entry, and it would remain cached after that. This could result
in incorrect decisions about HOT-update safety later in the same session.
In practice, since only pg_class_relname_nsp_index would be missed out,
only ALTER TABLE RENAME and ALTER TABLE SET SCHEMA could trigger a problem.
Per report and test case from Ondrej Jirman.

Tags:
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REL8_3_STABLE

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/catalog:
index.c (r1.292 -> r1.292.2.1)
(http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/index.c?r1=1.292&r2=1.292.2.1)
pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache:
relcache.c (r1.266.2.3 -> r1.266.2.4)
(http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c?r1=1.266.2.3&r2=1.266.2.4)

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