Re: Restrict publishing of partitioned table with a foreign table as partition

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 15:59, Shlok Kyal <shlok(dot)kyal(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 at 20:13, vignesh C <vignesh21(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 at 12:59, Shlok Kyal <shlok(dot)kyal(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have used the changes suggested by you. Also I have updated the
> > > comments and the function name.
> >
> > There is another concurrency issue possible:
> > +/* Check if a partitioned table has a foreign partition */
> > +bool
> > +check_partrel_has_foreign_table(Form_pg_class relform)
> > +{
> > + bool has_foreign_tbl = false;
> > +
> > + if (relform->relkind == RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE)
> > + {
> > + List *relids = NIL;
> > +
> > + relids = find_all_inheritors(relform->oid, NoLock, NULL);
> >
> > Create a publication with publish_via_partition_root as true, hold the
> > execution after check_partrel_has_foreign_table execution finishes.
> > Then parallely execute the following:
> > CREATE TABLE t1(id int) PARTITION BY RANGE(id);
> > CREATE TABLE part1 PARTITION OF t1 FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (5);
> > CREATE TABLE part2 PARTITION OF t1 FOR VALUES FROM (5) TO (15)
> > PARTITION BY RANGE(id);
> > CREATE FOREIGN TABLE part2_1 PARTITION OF part2 FOR VALUES FROM (10)
> > TO (15) SERVER fdw
> >
> > Now both the partitioned table having foreign table and a publication
> > will be created.
> >
>
> Hi Vignesh,
>
> I have addressed the above issue. If we take a ShareLock on the
> pg_class, we won't be able to create table concurrently, which may
> address the issue. Thoughts?
> I have attached the v8 patch here.

Since pg_class is a very common table it is not a good idea to take
ShareLock on it. Will it be possible to use pg_partitioned_table table
instead?

Regards,
Vignesh