pgsql: Fix possible core dump in parallel restore when using a TOC list

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix possible core dump in parallel restore when using a TOC list
Date: 2017-08-19 17:40:06
Message-ID: E1dj7jC-0005aG-Ch@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix possible core dump in parallel restore when using a TOC list.

Commit 3eb9a5e7c unintentionally introduced an ordering dependency
into restore_toc_entries_prefork(). The existing coding of
reduce_dependencies() contains a check to skip moving a TOC entry
to the ready_list if it wasn't initially in the pending_list.
This used to suffice to prevent reduce_dependencies() from trying to
move anything into the ready_list during restore_toc_entries_prefork(),
because the pending_list stayed empty throughout that phase; but it no
longer does. The problem doesn't manifest unless the TOC has been
reordered by SortTocFromFile, which is how I missed it in testing.

To fix, just add a test for ready_list == NULL, converting the call
with NULL from a poor man's sanity check into an explicit command
not to touch TOC items' list membership. Clarify some of the comments
around this; in particular, note the primary purpose of the check for
pending_list membership, which is to ensure that we can't try to restore
the same item twice, in case a TOC list forces it to be restored before
its dependency count goes to zero.

Per report from Fabrízio de Royes Mello. Back-patch to 9.3, like the
previous commit.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAFcNs+pjuv0JL_x4+=71TPUPjdLHOXA4YfT32myj_OrrZb4ohA@mail.gmail.com

Branch
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REL9_6_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/41803d55a2036f9a9602db88169250dd55f9d8cf

Modified Files
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src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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