Re: pgsql: Avoid improbable PANIC during heap_update.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Jaime Casanova <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec>, pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Avoid improbable PANIC during heap_update.
Date: 2022-10-01 05:13:13
Message-ID: 873099.1664601193@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> writes:
> I think that the heap_delete() issue is probably in all PG versions.

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of ...

> I am not aware of any reason why we should need the heap_update()
> fixes to be backpatched any further.

How so? AFAICS these are exactly the same oversight, ie failure
to deal with the all-visible bit getting set partway through the
operation. You've explained how that can happen.

regards, tom lane

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