pgsql: WAL-log inplace update before revealing it to other sessions. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

WAL-log inplace update before revealing it to other sessions.

A buffer lock won't stop a reader having already checked tuple
visibility.  If a vac_update_datfrozenid() and then a crash happened
during inplace update of a relfrozenxid value, datfrozenxid could
overtake relfrozenxid.  That could lead to "could not access status of
transaction" errors.  Back-patch to v12 (all supported versions).  In
v14 and earlier, this also back-patches the assertion removal from
commit 7fcf2faf9c7dd473208fd6d5565f88d7f733782b.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20240620012908.92.nmisch@google.com

Branch
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REL_16_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/659903f8e792a96a098a593fe2d847755f34545d

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/heap/README.tuplock |  4 +--
src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c       | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)