Ensure that seqscans check for interrupts at least once per page.
If a seqscan encounters many consecutive pages containing only dead tuples,
it can remain in the loop in heapgettup for a long time, and there was no
CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS anywhere in that loop. This meant there were
real-world situations where a query would be effectively uncancelable for
long stretches. Add a check placed to occur once per page, which should be
enough to provide reasonable response time without adding any measurable
overhead.
Report and patch by Merlin Moncure (though I tweaked it a bit).
Back-patch to all supported branches.
Branch
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REL8_3_STABLE
Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/c994b9211fd0cf7a5b680ae115330117604b9f7c
Modified Files
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src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)