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From Michael Paquier
Subject pgsql: Fix ordering issue with WAL operations in GIN fast insert path
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Msg-id E1oim9x-0027QQ-JQ@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix ordering issue with WAL operations in GIN fast insert path

Contrary to what is documented in src/backend/access/transam/README,
ginHeapTupleFastInsert() had a few ordering issues with the way it does
its WAL operations when inserting items in its fast path.

First, when using a separate list, XLogBeginInsert() was being always
called before START_CRIT_SECTION(), and in this case a second thing was
wrong when merging lists, as an exclusive lock was taken on the tail
page *before* calling XLogBeginInsert().  Finally, when inserting items
into a tail page, the order of XLogBeginInsert() and
START_CRIT_SECTION() was reversed.  This commit addresses all these
issues by moving the calls of XLogBeginInsert() after all the pages
logged are locked and pinned, within a critical section.

Author:  Matthias van de Meent, Zhang Mingli
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEze2WhL8uLMqynnnCu1LAPwxD5RKEo0nHV+eXGg_N6ELU88HQ@mail.gmail.com

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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/56b662523fd49f75abe89d5bad54d377b2f36c24

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/gin/ginfast.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


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