Thread: pgsql: Relax assertion in finding correct GiST parent

pgsql: Relax assertion in finding correct GiST parent

From
Heikki Linnakangas
Date:
Relax assertion in finding correct GiST parent

Commit 28d3c2ddcf introduced an assertion that if the memorized
downlink location in the insertion stack isn't valid, the parent's
LSN should've changed too. Turns out that was too strict. In
gistFindCorrectParent(), if we walk right, we update the parent's
block number and clear its memorized 'downlinkoffnum'. That triggered
the assertion on next call to gistFindCorrectParent(), if the parent
needed to be split too. Relax the assertion, so that it's OK if
downlinkOffnum is InvalidOffsetNumber.

Backpatch to v13-, all supported versions. The assertion was added in
commit 28d3c2ddcf in v12.

Reported-by: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tender Wang <tndrwang@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/18396-03cac9beb2f7aac3@postgresql.org

Branch
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REL_15_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/3c0fe75c412b26433f9b58dd629e41475861c56d

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/gist/gist.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)