Unused entry in pg_opfamily - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Unused entry in pg_opfamily
Date
Msg-id 17188.1541379745@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I happened to notice that the pg_opfamily entry with OID 4035
(jsonb_ops for GIST) is not referenced anywhere; apparently it
was put in in anticipation of support that never materialized.
We still pass make check-world if it's removed.

Getting rid of it seems like a no-brainer, but it surprised me
a bit that none of our automated crosschecks had noticed this.
It looks like the reason is that all the amvalidate logic is
driven off pg_opclass entries, and so an opfamily that contains
no opclass is never examined.

We should, therefore, at least add an oprsanity check for
opfamilies without opclasses.  I wonder how far it's worth
going to check for other orphaned catalog entries.

            regards, tom lane


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