Re: RLS fails to work with UPDATE ... WHERE CURRENT OF

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Subject: Re: RLS fails to work with UPDATE ... WHERE CURRENT OF
Date: 2015-07-14 12:59:42
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZsCux4Kbj3+r11Tn5bfV_AqVLndpw0NRUipWO=ORZgrQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> wrote:
> On 06/08/2015 02:08 AM, Dean Rasheed wrote:
>> Actually I think it is fixable just by allowing the CURRENT OF
>> expression to be pushed down into the subquery through the
>> security barrier view. The planner is then guaranteed to generate a
>> TID scan, filtering by any other RLS quals, which ought to be the
>> optimal plan. Patch attached.
>
> This looks good to me. I have tested and don't find any issues with
> it. Will commit in a day or so unless someone has objections.

Is this fix needed in all versions that support security barrier
views, or just in 9.5 and 9.6 that have RLS specifically?

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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