Re: Regression test failure date. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Regression test failure date.
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Msg-id 200307290057.h6T0v2w08064@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Regression test failure date.  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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OK, on it now!

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Tom Lane wrote:
> I said:
> >> I have a theory about the failures that occur while creating tables.
> >> If a relcache flush were to occur due to SI buffer overrun between
> >> creation of the new rel's relcache entry by RelationBuildLocalRelation
> >> and completion of the command, then you'd see an error exactly like the
> >> above, because the relcache would try to rebuild the cache entry by
> >> reading the pg_class and pg_attribute rows for the relation.
> 
> After further study, though, the above theory falls flat on its face:
> the relcache does *not* attempt to rebuild new relcache entries after
> an SI overrun (see the comments to RelationCacheInvalidate).  So I'm
> back to wondering what the heck is causing any of these messages.
> 
> I think we really need to see a stack trace from one of the failures.
> Could you try running CVS tip with an "abort()" call replacing the
> "relation %u deleted while still in use" elog?  (It's line 1797
> in src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c in CVS tip.)  Then when you
> get the failure, get a stack trace with gdb from the core dump.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
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