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From Melanie Plageman
Subject pgsql: Test that vacuum removes tuples older than OldestXmin
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Msg-id E1sUqGT-000HlA-6C@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Test that vacuum removes tuples older than OldestXmin

If vacuum fails to prune a tuple killed before OldestXmin, it will
decide to freeze its xmax and later error out in pre-freeze checks.

Add a test reproducing this scenario to the recovery suite which creates
a table on a primary, updates the table to generate dead tuples for
vacuum, and then, during the vacuum, uses a replica to force
GlobalVisState->maybe_needed on the primary to move backwards and
precede the value of OldestXmin set at the beginning of vacuuming the
table.

This commit is separate from the fix in case there are test stability
issues.

Author: Melanie Plageman
Reviewed-by: Peter Geoghegan
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_apNU2MPBK96V%2BbXjTq0RiZ-%3DA4ZTaysakpx9jxbq1dbQ%40mail.gmail.com

Branch
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REL_17_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/80c34692e8e674e3b2f150f248ef2002ae2ac3a7

Modified Files
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src/test/recovery/meson.build                   |   1 +
src/test/recovery/t/043_vacuum_horizon_floor.pl | 268 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 269 insertions(+)


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