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* MacOS -> Mac OSPeter Eisentraut2011-08-17
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* Revise sinval code to remove no-longer-used tuple TID from inval messages.Tom Lane2011-08-16
| | | | | | | | | | This requires adjusting the API for syscache callback functions: they now get a hash value, not a TID, to identify the target tuple. Most of them weren't paying any attention to that argument anyway, but plancache did require a small amount of fixing. Also, improve performance a trifle by avoiding sending duplicate inval messages when a heap_update isn't changing the catcache lookup columns.
* Forget about targeting catalog cache invalidations by tuple TID.Tom Lane2011-08-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The TID isn't stable enough: we might queue an sinval event before a VACUUM FULL, and then process it afterwards, when the target tuple no longer has the same TID. So we must invalidate entries on the basis of hash value only. The old coding can be shown to result in various bizarre, hard-to-reproduce errors in the presence of concurrent VACUUM FULLs on system catalogs, and could easily result in permanent catalog corruption, up to and including complete loss of tables. This commit is just a minimal fix that removes the unsafe comparison. We should remove transmission of the tuple TID from sinval messages altogether, and then arrange to suppress the extra message in the common case of a heap_update that doesn't change the key hashvalue. But that's going to be much more invasive, and will only produce a probably-marginal performance gain, so it doesn't seem like material for a back-patch. Back-patch to 9.0. Before that, VACUUM FULL refused to do any tuple moving if it found any INSERT_IN_PROGRESS or DELETE_IN_PROGRESS tuples (and CLUSTER would give up altogether), so there was no risk of moving a tuple that might be the subject of an unsent sinval message.
* Fix incorrect order of operations during sinval reset processing.Tom Lane2011-08-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We have to be sure that we have revalidated each nailed-in-cache relcache entry before we try to use it to load data for some other relcache entry. The introduction of "mapped relations" in 9.0 broke this, because although we updated the state kept in relmapper.c early enough, we failed to propagate that information into relcache entries soon enough; in particular, we could try to fetch pg_class rows out of pg_class before we'd updated its relcache entry's rd_node.relNode value from the map. This bug accounts for Dave Gould's report of failures after "vacuum full pg_class", and I believe that there is risk for other system catalogs as well. The core part of the fix is to copy relmapper data into the relcache entries during "phase 1" in RelationCacheInvalidate(), before they'll be used in "phase 2". To try to future-proof the code against other similar bugs, I also rearranged the order in which nailed relations are visited during phase 2: now it's pg_class first, then pg_class_oid_index, then other nailed relations. This should ensure that RelationClearRelation can apply RelationReloadIndexInfo to all nailed indexes without risking use of not-yet-revalidated relcache entries. Back-patch to 9.0 where the relation mapper was introduced.
* Preserve toast value OIDs in toast-swap-by-content for CLUSTER/VACUUM FULL.Tom Lane2011-08-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This works around the problem that a catalog cache entry might contain a toast pointer that we try to dereference just as a VACUUM FULL completes on that catalog. We will see the sinval message on the cache entry when we acquire lock on the toast table, but by that point we've already told tuptoaster.c "here's the pointer to fetch", so it's difficult from a code structural standpoint to update the pointer before we use it. Much less painful to ensure that toast pointers are not invalidated in the first place. We have to add a bit of code to deal with the case that a value that previously wasn't toasted becomes so; but that should be a seldom-exercised corner case, so the inefficiency shouldn't be significant. Back-patch to 9.0. In prior versions, we didn't allow CLUSTER on system catalogs, and VACUUM FULL didn't result in reassignment of toast OIDs, so there was no problem.
* Fix race condition in relcache init file invalidation.Tom Lane2011-08-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The previous code tried to synchronize by unlinking the init file twice, but that doesn't actually work: it leaves a window wherein a third process could read the already-stale init file but miss the SI messages that would tell it the data is stale. The result would be bizarre failures in catalog accesses, typically "could not read block 0 in file ..." later during startup. Instead, hold RelCacheInitLock across both the unlink and the sending of the SI messages. This is more straightforward, and might even be a bit faster since only one unlink call is needed. This has been wrong since it was put in (in 2002!), so back-patch to all supported releases.
* Adjust total size in pg_basebackup progress report when reality changesMagnus Hagander2011-08-16
| | | | | | | When streaming including WAL, the size estimate will always be incorrect, since we don't know how much WAL is included. To make sure the output doesn't look completely unreasonable, this patch increases the total size whenever we go past the estimate, to make sure we never go above 100%.
* Fix bogus comment that claimed that the new BACKUP METHOD line inHeikki Linnakangas2011-08-16
| | | | backup_label was new in 9.0. Spotted by Fujii Masao.
* Make pg_basebackup progress report translatablePeter Eisentraut2011-08-16
| | | | | Also fix a potential portability bug, because INT64_FORMAT is only guaranteed to be available with snprintf, not fprintf.
* Use less cryptic variable namesPeter Eisentraut2011-08-16
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* In pg_upgrade, avoid dumping orphaned temporary tables. This makes theBruce Momjian2011-08-15
| | | | | | pg_upgrade schema matching pattern match pg_dump/pg_dumpall. Fix for 9.0, 9.1, and 9.2.
* Adjust regression tests for error message changePeter Eisentraut2011-08-15
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* Add "Reason code" prefix to internal SSI error messagesPeter Eisentraut2011-08-15
| | | | | | | | | | This makes it clearer that the error message is perhaps not supposed to be understood by users, and it also makes it somewhat clearer that it was not accidentally omitted from translation. Idea from Heikki Linnakangas, except that we don't mark "Reason code" for translation at this point, because that would make the implementation too cumbersome.
* Fix unsafe order of operations in foreign-table DDL commands.Tom Lane2011-08-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When updating or deleting a system catalog tuple, it's necessary to acquire RowExclusiveLock on the catalog before looking up the tuple; otherwise a concurrent VACUUM FULL on the catalog might move the tuple to a different TID before we can apply the update. Coding patterns that find the tuple via a table scan aren't at risk here, but when obtaining the tuple from a catalog cache, correct ordering is important; and several routines in foreigncmds.c got it wrong. Noted while running the regression tests in parallel with VACUUM FULL of assorted system catalogs. For consistency I moved all the heap_open calls to the starts of their functions, including a couple for which there was no actual bug. Back-patch to 8.4 where foreigncmds.c was added.
* Message style improvementsPeter Eisentraut2011-08-14
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* Fix typoPeter Eisentraut2011-08-14
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* Fix incorrect timeout handling during initial authentication transaction.Tom Lane2011-08-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The statement start timestamp was not set before initiating the transaction that is used to look up client authentication information in pg_authid. In consequence, enable_sig_alarm computed a wrong value (far in the past) for statement_fin_time. That didn't have any immediate effect, because the timeout alarm was set without reference to statement_fin_time; but if we subsequently blocked on a lock for a short time, CheckStatementTimeout would consult the bogus value when we cancelled the lock timeout wait, and then conclude we'd timed out, leading to immediate failure of the connection attempt. Thus an innocent "vacuum full pg_authid" would cause failures of concurrent connection attempts. Noted while testing other, more serious consequences of vacuum full on system catalogs. We should set the statement timestamp before StartTransactionCommand(), so that the transaction start timestamp is also valid. I'm not sure if there are any non-cosmetic effects of it not being valid, but the xact timestamp is at least sent to the statistics machinery. Back-patch to 9.0. Before that, the client authentication timeout was done outside any transaction and did not depend on this state to be valid.
* Make USECS_PER_* timestamp macros visible even when we are not usingBruce Momjian2011-08-12
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* Add major features list and introductory text for 9.1 release notes.Bruce Momjian2011-08-11
| | | | Backpatch to 9.1, obviously.
* Teach unix_latch.c to use poll() where available.Tom Lane2011-08-11
| | | | | | | | | poll() is preferred over select() on platforms where both are available, because it tends to be a bit faster and it doesn't have an arbitrary limit on the range of FD numbers that can be accessed. The FD range limit does not appear to be a risk factor for any 9.1 usages, so this doesn't need to be back-patched, but we need to have it in place if we keep on expanding the uses of WaitLatch.
* Display both per-table and per-column FDW options in psql's \d output.Robert Haas2011-08-11
| | | | | | | Along the way, rename "Options" to "FDW Options" in various places for consistency and clarity. Shigeru Hanada
* Unbreak legacy syntax "COMMENT ON RULE x IS y", with no relation name.Robert Haas2011-08-11
| | | | | check_object_ownership() isn't happy about the null relation pointer. We could fix it there, but this seems more future-proof.
* Change psql's \dd command to do something more useful.Robert Haas2011-08-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Instead of displaying comments on an arbitrary subset of the object types which support them, make \dd display comments on exactly those object types which don't have their own backlash commands. We now regard the display of comments as properly the job of the relevant backslash command (though many of them do so only in verbose mode) rather than something that \dd should be responsible for. However, a handful of object types have no backlash command, so make \dd give information about those. Josh Kupershmidt
* Remove wal_sender_delay GUC, because it's no longer useful.Tom Lane2011-08-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The latch infrastructure is now capable of detecting all cases where the walsender loop needs to wake up, so there is no reason to have an arbitrary timeout. Also, modify the walsender loop logic to follow the standard pattern of ResetLatch, test for work to do, WaitLatch. The previous coding was both hard to follow and buggy: it would sometimes busy-loop despite having nothing available to do, eg between receipt of a signal and the next time it was caught up with new WAL, and it also had interesting choices like deciding to update to WALSNDSTATE_STREAMING on the strength of information known to be obsolete.
* Add a bit of debug logging to backend_read_statsfile().Tom Lane2011-08-10
| | | | | | | | This is in hopes of learning more about what causes "pgstat wait timeout" warnings in the buildfarm. This patch should probably be reverted once we've learned what we can. As coded, it will result in regression test "failures" at half the delay that the existing code does, so I expect to see a few more than before.
* Change the autovacuum launcher to use WaitLatch instead of a poll loop.Tom Lane2011-08-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In pursuit of this (and with the expectation that WaitLatch will be needed in more places), convert the latch field that was already added to PGPROC for sync rep into a generic latch that is activated for all PGPROC-owning processes, and change many of the standard backend signal handlers to set that latch when a signal happens. This will allow WaitLatch callers to be wakened properly by these signals. In passing, fix a whole bunch of signal handlers that had been hacked to do things that might change errno, without adding the necessary save/restore logic for errno. Also make some minor fixes in unix_latch.c, and clean up bizarre and unsafe scheme for disowning the process's latch. Much of this has to be back-patched into 9.1. Peter Geoghegan, with additional work by Tom
* Oops, we're working on version 9.2 already, not 9.1. Update theHeikki Linnakangas2011-08-10
| | | | PG_CONTROL_VERSION accordingly; I updated it wrong in previous commit.
* If backup-end record is not seen, and we reach end of recovery from aHeikki Linnakangas2011-08-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | streamed backup, throw an error and refuse to start up. The restore has not finished correctly in that case and the data directory is possibly corrupt. We already errored out in case of archive recovery, but could not during crash recovery because we couldn't distinguish between the case that pg_start_backup() was called and the database then crashed (must not error, data is OK), and the case that we're restoring from a backup and not all the needed WAL was replayed (data can be corrupt). To distinguish those cases, add a line to backup_label to indicate whether the backup was taken with pg_start/stop_backup(), or by streaming (ie. pg_basebackup). This requires re-initdb, because of a new field added to the control file.
* Measure WaitLatch's timeout parameter in milliseconds, not microseconds.Tom Lane2011-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | The original definition had the problem that timeouts exceeding about 2100 seconds couldn't be specified on 32-bit machines. Milliseconds seem like sufficient resolution, and finer grain than that would be fantasy anyway on many platforms. Back-patch to 9.1 so that this aspect of the latch API won't change between 9.1 and later releases. Peter Geoghegan
* Documentation improvement and minor code cleanups for the latch facility.Tom Lane2011-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Improve the documentation around weak-memory-ordering risks, and do a pass of general editorialization on the comments in the latch code. Make the Windows latch code more like the Unix latch code where feasible; in particular provide the same Assert checks in both implementations. Fix poorly-placed WaitLatch call in syncrep.c. This patch resolves, for the moment, concerns around weak-memory-ordering bugs in latch-related code: we have documented the restrictions and checked that existing calls meet them. In 9.2 I hope that we will install suitable memory barrier instructions in SetLatch/ResetLatch, so that their callers don't need to be quite so careful.
* Avoid creating PlaceHolderVars immediately within PlaceHolderVars.Tom Lane2011-08-09
| | | | | | | | | Such a construction is useless since the lower PlaceHolderVar is already nullable; no need to make it more so. Noted while pursuing bug #6154. This is just a minor planner efficiency improvement, since the final plan will come out the same anyway after PHVs are flattened. So not worth the risk of back-patching.
* Use clearer notation for getnameinfo() return handlingPeter Eisentraut2011-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Writing if (getnameinfo(...)) handle_error(); reads quite strangely, so use something like if (getnameinfo(...) != 0) handle_error(); instead.
* Change the way string relopts are allocated.Heikki Linnakangas2011-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | Don't try to allocate the default value for a string relopt in the same palloc chunk as the relopt_string struct. That didn't work too well if you added a built-in string relopt in the stringRelOpts array, as it's not possible to have an initializer for a variable length struct in C. This makes the code slightly simpler too. While we're at it, move the call to validator function in add_string_reloption to before the allocation, so that if someone does pass a bogus default value, we don't leak memory.
* Fix grammar and spelling in log message.Heikki Linnakangas2011-08-09
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* Fix nested PlaceHolderVar expressions that appear only in targetlists.Tom Lane2011-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A PlaceHolderVar's expression might contain another, lower-level PlaceHolderVar. If the outer PlaceHolderVar is used, the inner one certainly will be also, and so we have to make sure that both of them get into the placeholder_list with correct ph_may_need values during the initial pre-scan of the query (before deconstruct_jointree starts). We did this correctly for PlaceHolderVars appearing in the query quals, but overlooked the issue for those appearing in the top-level targetlist; with the result that nested placeholders referenced only in the targetlist did not work correctly, as illustrated in bug #6154. While at it, add some error checking to find_placeholder_info to ensure that we don't try to create new placeholders after it's too late to do so; they have to all be created before deconstruct_jointree starts. Back-patch to 8.4 where the PlaceHolderVar mechanism was introduced.
* Teach psql to display the comments on SQL/MED objects in verbose mode.Robert Haas2011-08-08
| | | | | | | | | The relevant backslash commands already exist, so we're just adding an additional column. With this commit, all objects that have psql backslash commands and accept comments should now display those comments at least in verbose mode. Josh Kupershmidt, with doc additions by me.
* Teach psql to display the comments on conversions and domains.Robert Haas2011-08-08
| | | | | | | | | | | \dc and \dD now accept a "+" option, which will cause the comments to be displayed. Along the way, correct a few oversights in the previous commit in this area, 3b17efdfdd846c9bfad1637686e6f18198ea3df5 - namely, (1) when \dL+ is used, make description still be the last column, for consistency with what we've done elsewhere; and (2) document the difference between \dC and \dC+. Josh Kupershmidt, with a couple of doc changes by me.
* Teach vacuumlo to limit number of removals, via new -l option.Robert Haas2011-08-08
| | | | | | | Also, handle failure better: don't just blindly keep trying to delete stuff after the transaction has already failed. Tim Lewis, reviewed by Josh Kupershmidt, with further hacking by me.
* Correct the lie in pg_config.h.win32 about having inttypes.h.Andrew Dunstan2011-08-08
| | | | | | This lie has been harmless until now, but has been exposed by the change to include postgres.h before the python headers, which in some versions include inttypes.h if HAVE_INTTYPES_H is set.
* Add "Compatibility" section to ALTER EXTENSION reference pagePeter Eisentraut2011-08-07
| | | | Almost all other pages have one; this one must have been forgotten.
* Remove whitespace from end of linesPeter Eisentraut2011-08-07
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* Rename "Example" sections to "Examples" in dblink chapterPeter Eisentraut2011-08-07
| | | | For consistency with other man pages.
* Fix a whitespace issue with the man pagesPeter Eisentraut2011-08-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There is what may actually be a mistake in our markup. The problem is in a situation like <para> <command>FOO</command> is ... there is strictly speaking a line break before "FOO". In the HTML output, this does not appear to be a problem, but in the man page output, this shows up, so you get double blank lines at odd places. So far, we have attempted to work around this with an XSL hack, but that causes other problems, such as creating run-ins in places like <acronym>SQL</acronym> <command>COPY</command> So fix the problem properly by removing the extra whitespace. I only fixed the problems that affect the man page output, not all the places.
* Clean up ill-advised attempt to invent a private set of Node tags.Tom Lane2011-08-06
| | | | | | | | | | | Somebody thought it'd be cute to invent a set of Node tag numbers that were defined independently of, and indeed conflicting with, the main tag-number list. While this accidentally failed to fail so far, it would certainly lead to trouble as soon as anyone wanted to, say, apply copyObject to these node types. Clang was already complaining about the use of makeNode on these tags, and I think quite rightly so. Fix by pushing these node definitions into the mainstream, including putting replnodes.h where it belongs.
* Fix thinko in documentation of local_preload_libraries.Tom Lane2011-08-05
| | | | | | | | Somebody added a cross-reference to shared_preload_libraries, but wrote the wrong variable name when they did it (and didn't bother to make it a link either). Spotted by Christoph Anton Mitterer.
* Reduce PG_SYSLOG_LIMIT to 900 bytes.Tom Lane2011-08-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The previous limit of 1024 was set on the assumption that all modern syslog implementations have line length limits of 2KB or so. However, this is false, as at least Solaris and sysklogd truncate at only 1KB. 900 seems to leave enough room for the max likely length of the tacked-on prefixes, so let's go with that. As with the previous change, it doesn't seem wise to back-patch this into already-released branches; but it should be OK to sneak it into 9.1. Noah Misch
* Allow per-column foreign data wrapper options.Robert Haas2011-08-05
| | | | Shigeru Hanada, with fairly minor editing by me.
* Modestly improve pgbench's checking for invalid ranges.Robert Haas2011-08-05
| | | | | | | | | | The old check against MAX_RANDOM_VALUE is clearly irrelevant since getrand() no longer calls random(). Instead, check whether min and max are close enough together to avoid an overflow inside getrand(), as suggested by Tom Lane. This is still somewhat silly, because we're using atoi(), which doesn't check for overflow anyway and (at least on my system) will cheerfully return 0 when given "4294967296". But that's a problem for another commit.
* Tweak PQresStatus() to avoid a clang compiler warning.Robert Haas2011-08-05
| | | | | | | | The previous test for status < 0 test is in fact testing nothing if the compiler considers an enum to be an unsigned data type. clang doesn't like tautologies, so do this instead. Report by Peter Geoghegan, fix as suggested by Tom Lane.
* Fix markup for recent wal_level clarification.Bruce Momjian2011-08-04
| | | | Backpatch to 9.1 and 9.0.