pgsql: Fix LOAD_CRIT_INDEX() macro to take out AccessShareLock on the

From: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix LOAD_CRIT_INDEX() macro to take out AccessShareLock on the
Date: 2008-04-16 18:23:19
Message-ID: 20080416182319.2047D7559CC@cvs.postgresql.org
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Log Message:
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Fix LOAD_CRIT_INDEX() macro to take out AccessShareLock on the system index
it is trying to build a relcache entry for. This is an oversight in my 8.2
patch that tried to ensure we always took a lock on a relation before trying
to build its relcache entry. The implication is that if someone committed a
reindex of a critical system index at about the same time that some other
backend were starting up without a valid pg_internal.init file, the second one
might PANIC due to not seeing any valid version of the index's pg_class row.
Improbable case, but definitely not impossible.

Tags:
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REL8_2_STABLE

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache:
relcache.c (r1.250.2.1 -> r1.250.2.2)
(http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c?r1=1.250.2.1&r2=1.250.2.2)

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