Thread: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix an assertion failure related to an exclusive backup.

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix an assertion failure related to an exclusive backup.

From
Fujii Masao
Date:
Fix an assertion failure related to an exclusive backup.

Previously multiple sessions could execute pg_start_backup() and
pg_stop_backup() to start and stop an exclusive backup at the same time.
This could trigger the assertion failure of
"FailedAssertion("!(XLogCtl->Insert.exclusiveBackup)".
This happend because, even while pg_start_backup() was starting
an exclusive backup, other session could run pg_stop_backup()
concurrently and mark the backup as not-in-progress unconditionally.

This patch introduces ExclusiveBackupState indicating the state of
an exclusive backup. This state is used to ensure that there is only
one session running pg_start_backup() or pg_stop_backup() at
the same time, to avoid the assertion failure.

Back-patch to all supported versions.

Author: Michael Paquier
Reviewed-By: Kyotaro Horiguchi and me
Reported-By: Andreas Seltenreich
Discussion: <87mvktojme.fsf@credativ.de>

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/974ece58bbb3c0ef185a9d44b1cedae51cd56b04

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c | 223 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 150 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)