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-rw-r--r--src/backend/commands/copy.c18
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c8
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index 808ea09eeb2..7606121ee65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -2317,13 +2317,25 @@ CopyFrom(CopyState cstate)
/*
* Optimize if new relfilenode was created in this subxact or one of its
* committed children and we won't see those rows later as part of an
- * earlier scan or command. This ensures that if this subtransaction
- * aborts then the frozen rows won't be visible after xact cleanup. Note
+ * earlier scan or command. The subxact test ensures that if this subxact
+ * aborts then the frozen rows won't be visible after xact cleanup. Note
* that the stronger test of exactly which subtransaction created it is
- * crucial for correctness of this optimisation.
+ * crucial for correctness of this optimisation. The test for an earlier
+ * scan or command tolerates false negatives. FREEZE causes other sessions
+ * to see rows they would not see under MVCC, and a false negative merely
+ * spreads that anomaly to the current session.
*/
if (cstate->freeze)
{
+ /*
+ * Tolerate one registration for the benefit of FirstXactSnapshot.
+ * Scan-bearing queries generally create at least two registrations,
+ * though relying on that is fragile, as is ignoring ActiveSnapshot.
+ * Clear CatalogSnapshot to avoid counting its registration. We'll
+ * still detect ongoing catalog scans, each of which separately
+ * registers the snapshot it uses.
+ */
+ InvalidateCatalogSnapshot();
if (!ThereAreNoPriorRegisteredSnapshots() || !ThereAreNoReadyPortals())
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TRANSACTION_STATE),
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c b/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c
index f68a15b90b6..9029fd0ed3b 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c
@@ -1447,6 +1447,14 @@ DeleteAllExportedSnapshotFiles(void)
FreeDir(s_dir);
}
+/*
+ * ThereAreNoPriorRegisteredSnapshots
+ * Is the registered snapshot count less than or equal to one?
+ *
+ * Don't use this to settle important decisions. While zero registrations and
+ * no ActiveSnapshot would confirm a certain idleness, the system makes no
+ * guarantees about the significance of one registered snapshot.
+ */
bool
ThereAreNoPriorRegisteredSnapshots(void)
{