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authorJeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>2022-11-10 14:46:30 -0800
committerJeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>2022-11-11 12:46:34 -0800
commit58a45bb1d82b90e33a45b646717bf6a035256ded (patch)
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parent294a2199a331ff719e0d0fe70fd2b6200689eb16 (diff)
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Fix theoretical torn page hazard.
The original report was concerned with a possible inconsistency between the heap and the visibility map, which I was unable to confirm. The concern has been retracted. However, there did seem to be a torn page hazard when using checksums. By not setting the heap page LSN during redo, the protections of minRecoveryPoint were bypassed. Fixed, along with a misleading comment. It may have been impossible to hit this problem in practice, because it would require a page tear between the checksum and the flags, so I am marking this as a theoretical risk. But, as discussed, it did violate expectations about the page LSN, so it may have other consequences. Backpatch to all supported versions. Reported-by: Konstantin Knizhnik Reviewed-by: Konstantin Knizhnik Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/fed17dac-8cb8-4f5b-d462-1bb4908c029e@garret.ru Backpatch-through: 11
Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c')
-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 0a3ebecd221..fbe7c222f73 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -7956,8 +7956,7 @@ heap_xlog_visible(XLogReaderState *record)
/*
* We don't bump the LSN of the heap page when setting the visibility
* map bit (unless checksums or wal_hint_bits is enabled, in which
- * case we must), because that would generate an unworkable volume of
- * full-page writes. This exposes us to torn page hazards, but since
+ * case we must). This exposes us to torn page hazards, but since
* we're not inspecting the existing page contents in any way, we
* don't care.
*
@@ -7971,6 +7970,9 @@ heap_xlog_visible(XLogReaderState *record)
PageSetAllVisible(page);
+ if (XLogHintBitIsNeeded())
+ PageSetLSN(page, lsn);
+
MarkBufferDirty(buffer);
}
else if (action == BLK_RESTORED)