Thread: pgsql: Code review for recent changes in relcache.c.

pgsql: Code review for recent changes in relcache.c.

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Code review for recent changes in relcache.c.

rd_replidindex should be managed the same as rd_oidindex, and rd_keyattr
and rd_idattr should be managed like rd_indexattr.  Omissions in this area
meant that the bitmapsets computed for rd_keyattr and rd_idattr would be
leaked during any relcache flush, resulting in a slow but permanent leak in
CacheMemoryContext.  There was also a tiny probability of relcache entry
corruption if we ran out of memory at just the wrong point in
RelationGetIndexAttrBitmap.  Otherwise, the fields were not zeroed where
expected, which would not bother the code any AFAICS but could greatly
confuse anyone examining the relcache entry while debugging.

Also, create an API function RelationGetReplicaIndex rather than letting
non-relcache code be intimate with the mechanisms underlying caching of
that value (we won't even mention the memory leak there).

Also, fix a relcache flush hazard identified by Andres Freund:
RelationGetIndexAttrBitmap must not assume that rd_replidindex stays valid
across index_open.

The aspects of this involving rd_keyattr date back to 9.3, so back-patch
those changes.

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/b23b0f5588d2e2f15edff66e072e339a8c9616a7

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c   |   13 ++--
src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c |  118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
src/include/utils/rel.h            |   20 +++---
src/include/utils/relcache.h       |    1 +
4 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)