pgsql: Fix bug in detecting concurrent page splits in GiST insert

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)iki(dot)fi>
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Subject: pgsql: Fix bug in detecting concurrent page splits in GiST insert
Date: 2021-01-20 09:59:35
Message-ID: E1l2AH1-0001NQ-94@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix bug in detecting concurrent page splits in GiST insert

In commit 9eb5607e699, I got the condition on checking for split or
deleted page wrong: I used && instead of ||. The comment correctly said
"concurrent split _or_ deletion".

As a result, GiST insertion could miss a concurrent split, and insert to
wrong page. Duncan Sands demonstrated this with a test script that did a
lot of concurrent inserts.

Backpatch to v12, where this was introduced. REINDEX is required to fix
indexes that were affected by this bug.

Backpatch-through: 12
Reported-by: Duncan Sands
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/a9690483-6c6c-3c82-c8ba-dc1a40848f11%40deepbluecap.com

Branch
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REL_13_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/b8403d140f4e7d753d21116c0fa79dc4ca5ca5cb

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/gist/gist.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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