Re: Fix pgstat_database.c to honor passed database OIDs

From: Dapeng Wang <wangdp20191008(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fix pgstat_database.c to honor passed database OIDs
Date: 2026-04-10 13:01:32
Message-ID: CAKx0YhzpuMkVwxa-fh36YOk11KZ6tjXnApAF=H6Sgso5a+P4Zg@mail.gmail.com
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Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> 于2026年4月10日周五 16:45写道:

>
>
> > On Apr 10, 2026, at 15:56, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 03:12:41PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> >> If we decide to expand pgstat_reset() in other contexts in the
> >> back-branches, we'd be silently trapped as well.
> >>
> >> The connect and disconnect calls are less critical, perhaps we could
> >> remove the argument altogether, but I cannot get excited about that
> >> either as some extensions may rely on these as currently designed.
> >>
> >> I cannot look at that today, will do so later..
> >
> > - dbref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_DATABASE,
> MyDatabaseId, InvalidOid,
> > + if (!OidIsValid(dboid))
> > + return;
> > +
> > + dbref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_DATABASE, dboid,
> InvalidOid,
> > false);
> >
> > This bypass of an invalid database OID is actually incorrect in the
> > patch. There is a stats entry with a database OID of 0, documented as
> > such in [1] for shared objects. There is one test in the main
> > regression test suite that triggers this case:
> > SELECT pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters('pg_shdescription'::regclass);
> >
> > The short answer is to remove this check based on OidIsValid(), and
> > allow the timestamp be reset for this entry of 0 rather than ignore
> > the update.
> >
> > [1]:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-DATABASE-VIEW
> > --
> > Michael
>
> Thanks for pointing out the test. I badly excluded *.sql and *.out in my
> vscode search last time.
>
> Then the question becomes why the test didn't fail. I looked into it, and
> it seems the existing test does not check the stats_reset timestamp. I have
> now added checks for the stats_reset of both database 0 and the current
> database.
>
> With those checks in place, the test fails without this patch, and also
> fails with the incorrect OidIsValid(dboid) check in v1. With the v2 patch,
> the test passes.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Chao Li (Evan)
> HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
> https://www.highgo.com/
>
>
Hi Evan,

I tested the v2 patch on HEAD. It applies cleanly, compiles
without warnings, and all 247 regression tests pass.

I also manually verified the bug fix by comparing behavior
before and after the patch:

Without the patch, calling
pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters('pg_shdescription'::regclass)
incorrectly updates the current database's stats_reset timestamp
while leaving the shared db entry (datid=0) unchanged.

With the patch, the shared db entry's stats_reset is correctly
updated, and the current database's timestamp is not affected.

Regards,
Dapeng Wang

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