Re: XX000: tuple concurrently deleted during DROP STATISTICS

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: XX000: tuple concurrently deleted during DROP STATISTICS
Date: 2023-11-08 19:58:14
Message-ID: 751183.1699473494@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> On 11/8/23 16:52, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Shouldn't DROP STATISTICS be taking a lock on the associated table
>> that is strong enough to lock out ANALYZE?

> Yes, I think that's the correct thing to do. I recall having a
> discussion about this with someone while working on the patch, leading
> to the current code. But I haven't managed to find that particular bit
> in the archives :-(
> Anyway, the attached patch should fix this by getting the lock, I think.

This looks generally correct, but surely we don't need it to be as
strong as AccessExclusiveLock? There seems no reason to conflict with
ordinary readers/writers of the table.

ANALYZE takes ShareUpdateExclusiveLock, and offhand I think this
command should do the same.

regards, tom lane

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