Re: GIN pending list clean up exposure to SQL

On 20/01/2016 15:17, Fujii Masao wrote:
>
> When I compiled the PostgreSQL with the patch, I got the following error.
> ISTM that the inclusion of pg_am.h header file is missing in ginfast.c.
>
> ginfast.c: In function 'gin_clean_pending_list':
> ginfast.c:980: error: 'GIN_AM_OID' undeclared (first use in this function)
> ginfast.c:980: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> ginfast.c:980: error: for each function it appears in.)
>
> gin_clean_pending_list() must check whether the server is in recovery or not.
> If it's in recovery, the function must exit with an error. That is, IMO,
> something like the following check must be added.
>
> if (RecoveryInProgress())
> ereport(ERROR,
>
> (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
> errmsg("recovery is in progress"),
> errhint("GIN pending list cannot be
> cleaned up during recovery.")));
>
> It's better to make gin_clean_pending_list() check whether the target index
> is temporary index of other sessions or not, like pgstatginindex() does.
>
> + Relation indexRel = index_open(indexoid, AccessShareLock);
>
> ISTM that AccessShareLock is not safe when updating the pending list and
> GIN index main structure. Probaby we should use RowExclusiveLock?
>

This lock should be safe, as pointed by Alvaro and Jaime earlier in this
thread
(http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20151119161846.GK614468@alvherre.pgsql)
as ginInsertCleanup() can be called concurrently.

Also, since 38710a374ea the ginInsertCleanup() call must be fixed:

- ginInsertCleanup(&ginstate, false, true, &stats);
+ ginInsertCleanup(&ginstate, true, &stats);

Regards.

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