Re: Fix race condition in InvalidatePossiblyObsoleteSlot()

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 03:14:07PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 11:24:59AM +0000, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> > Thanks for looking at it!
> >
> > Agree, using an assertion instead in v3 attached.
>
> And you did not forget the PG_USED_FOR_ASSERTS_ONLY.

Thanks to the "CompilerWarnings" cirrus test ;-)

>
> > > It seems important to document why we are saving this data here; while
> > > we hold the LWLock for repslots, before we perform any termination,
> > > and we want to protect conflict reports with incorrect data if the
> > > slot data got changed while the lwlock is temporarily released while
> > > there's a termination.
> >
> > Yeah, comments added in v3.
>
> The contents look rather OK, I may do some word-smithing for both.

Thanks!

> >> For example just after the kill()? It seems to me
> >> that we should stuck the checkpointer, perform a forced upgrade of the
> >> xmins, release the checkpointer and see the effects of the change in
> >> the second loop. Now, modules/injection_points/ does not allow that,
> >> yet, but I've posted a patch among these lines that can stop a process
> >> and release it using a condition variable (should be 0006 on [1]). I
> >> was planning to start a new thread with a patch posted for the next CF
> >> to add this kind of facility with a regression test for an old bug,
> >> the patch needs a few hours of love, first. I should be able to post
> >> that next week.
> >
> > Great, that looks like a good idea!
>
> I've been finally able to spend some time on what I had in mind and
> posted it here for the next CF:
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/ZdLuxBk5hGpol91B@paquier.xyz
>
> You should be able to reuse that the same way I do in 0002 posted on
> the thread, where I'm causing the checkpointer to wait, then wake it
> up.

Thanks! I'll look at it.

> > Are we going to fix this on master and 16 stable first and then later on add a
> > test on master with the injection points?
>
> Still, the other patch is likely going to take a couple of weeks
> before getting into the tree, so I have no objection to fix the bug
> first and backpatch, then introduce a test. Things have proved that
> failures could show up in the buildfarm in this area, so more time
> running this code across two branches is not a bad concept, either.

Fully agree.

Regards,

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