Re: Concurrent DROP TABLESPACE can miss a shared dependency

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Ayush Tiwari <ayushtiwari(dot)slg01(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Concurrent DROP TABLESPACE can miss a shared dependency
Date: 2026-09-09 15:36:44
Message-ID: 5b4c40c0-9fe1-4db3-9b34-421e5ff128f2@dunslane.net
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On 2026-09-09 We 7:39 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 2026-09-08 Tu 7:25 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 07:28:51PM +0530, Ayush Tiwari wrote:
>>> On Mon, 7 Sept 2026 at 23:28, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I think this should be applied as a single squashed commit,
>>>> (soon so I can rely on it for the fixes I mentioned).
>> Yeah, a backpatch seems adapted.  That's a nasty problem.  It's
>> unlikely going to be hit in practice, but we can say that for a bunch
>> of stuff that gets backpatched.
>>
>>>> I think it should be backpatched - all live branches have the same
>>>> problem.
>>> Agreed that this should be backpatched to all live branches.
>> Andrew, are you planning to work on it?  I did not spend cycles
>> looking at the details and the command patterns involved, on the
>> premise that you would handle that.  Saying that, the premise of the
>> patch feels sound with a few more additional shared locks to prevent
>> the concurrent manipulations.
>>
>
> Thanks for looking.
>
>
> Yes, planning to work on it today.
>
>
>

Pushed, thanks all.

cheers

andrew

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