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Fix BRIN to use SnapshotAny during summarization

For correctness of summarization results, it is critical that the
snapshot used during the summarization scan is able to see all tuples
that are live to all transactions -- including tuples inserted or
deleted by in-progress transactions.  Otherwise, it would be possible
for a transaction to insert a tuple, then idle for a long time while a
concurrent transaction executes summarization of the range: this would
result in the inserted value not being considered in the summary.
Previously we were trying to use a MVCC snapshot in conjunction with
adding a "placeholder" tuple in the index: the snapshot would see all
committed tuples, and the placeholder tuple would catch insertions by
any new inserters.  The hole is that prior insertions by transactions
that are still in progress by the time the MVCC snapshot was taken were
ignored.

Kevin Grittner reported this as a bogus error message during vacuum with
default transaction isolation mode set to repeatable read (because the
error report mentioned a function name not being invoked during), but
the problem is larger than that.

To fix, tweak IndexBuildHeapRangeScan to have a new mode that behaves
the way we need using SnapshotAny visibility rules.  This change
simplifies the BRIN code a bit, mainly by removing large comments that
were mistaken.  Instead, rely on the SnapshotAny semantics to provide
what it needs.  (The business about a placeholder tuple needs to remain:
that covers the case that a transaction inserts a a tuple in a page that
summarization already scanned.)

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20150731175700.GX2441@postgresql.org

In passing, remove a couple of unused declarations from brin.h and
reword a comment to be proper English.  This part submitted by Kevin
Grittner.

Backpatch to 9.5, where BRIN was introduced.
This commit is contained in:
Alvaro Herrera
2015-08-05 16:20:50 -03:00
parent 6af9ee4c8c
commit 2834855cb9
7 changed files with 129 additions and 35 deletions

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@@ -2161,6 +2161,7 @@ IndexBuildHeapScan(Relation heapRelation,
{
return IndexBuildHeapRangeScan(heapRelation, indexRelation,
indexInfo, allow_sync,
false,
0, InvalidBlockNumber,
callback, callback_state);
}
@@ -2170,12 +2171,17 @@ IndexBuildHeapScan(Relation heapRelation,
* number of blocks are scanned. Scan to end-of-rel can be signalled by
* passing InvalidBlockNumber as numblocks. Note that restricting the range
* to scan cannot be done when requesting syncscan.
*
* When "anyvisible" mode is requested, all tuples visible to any transaction
* are considered, including those inserted or deleted by transactions that are
* still in progress.
*/
double
IndexBuildHeapRangeScan(Relation heapRelation,
Relation indexRelation,
IndexInfo *indexInfo,
bool allow_sync,
bool anyvisible,
BlockNumber start_blockno,
BlockNumber numblocks,
IndexBuildCallback callback,
@@ -2209,6 +2215,12 @@ IndexBuildHeapRangeScan(Relation heapRelation,
checking_uniqueness = (indexInfo->ii_Unique ||
indexInfo->ii_ExclusionOps != NULL);
/*
* "Any visible" mode is not compatible with uniqueness checks; make sure
* only one of those is requested.
*/
Assert(!(anyvisible && checking_uniqueness));
/*
* Need an EState for evaluation of index expressions and partial-index
* predicates. Also a slot to hold the current tuple.
@@ -2236,6 +2248,9 @@ IndexBuildHeapRangeScan(Relation heapRelation,
{
snapshot = RegisterSnapshot(GetTransactionSnapshot());
OldestXmin = InvalidTransactionId; /* not used */
/* "any visible" mode is not compatible with this */
Assert(!anyvisible);
}
else
{
@@ -2363,6 +2378,17 @@ IndexBuildHeapRangeScan(Relation heapRelation,
break;
case HEAPTUPLE_INSERT_IN_PROGRESS:
/*
* In "anyvisible" mode, this tuple is visible and we don't
* need any further checks.
*/
if (anyvisible)
{
indexIt = true;
tupleIsAlive = true;
break;
}
/*
* Since caller should hold ShareLock or better, normally
* the only way to see this is if it was inserted earlier
@@ -2409,8 +2435,16 @@ IndexBuildHeapRangeScan(Relation heapRelation,
/*
* As with INSERT_IN_PROGRESS case, this is unexpected
* unless it's our own deletion or a system catalog.
* unless it's our own deletion or a system catalog;
* but in anyvisible mode, this tuple is visible.
*/
if (anyvisible)
{
indexIt = true;
tupleIsAlive = false;
break;
}
xwait = HeapTupleHeaderGetUpdateXid(heapTuple->t_data);
if (!TransactionIdIsCurrentTransactionId(xwait))
{