Fix ordering issue with WAL operations in GIN fast insert path
Contrary to what is documented in src/backend/access/transam/README,
ginHeapTupleFastInsert() had a few ordering issues with the way it does
its WAL operations when inserting items in its fast path.
First, when using a separate list, XLogBeginInsert() was being always
called before START_CRIT_SECTION(), and in this case a second thing was
wrong when merging lists, as an exclusive lock was taken on the tail
page *before* calling XLogBeginInsert(). Finally, when inserting items
into a tail page, the order of XLogBeginInsert() and
START_CRIT_SECTION() was reversed. This commit addresses all these
issues by moving the calls of XLogBeginInsert() after all the pages
logged are locked and pinned, within a critical section.
This has been applied first only on HEAD as of 56b6625, but as per
discussion with Tom Lane and Álvaro Herrera, a backpatch is preferred to
keep all the branches consistent and to respect the transam's README
where we can.
Author: Matthias van de Meent, Zhang Mingli
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEze2WhL8uLMqynnnCu1LAPwxD5RKEo0nHV+eXGg_N6ELU88HQ@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 10
Branch
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REL_11_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/341fba2a6291f6f1c5f801c308b72fa62e46e5c8
Modified Files
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src/backend/access/gin/ginfast.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)