pgsql: Test that vacuum removes tuples older than OldestXmin

From: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Test that vacuum removes tuples older than OldestXmin
Date: 2024-07-19 16:15:25
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Test that vacuum removes tuples older than OldestXmin

If vacuum fails to prune a tuple killed before OldestXmin, it will later
find that tuple dead in lazy_scan_prune() and loop infinitely.

Add a test reproducing this scenario to the recovery suite which creates
a table on a primary, updates the table to generate dead tuples for
vacuum, and then, during the vacuum, uses a replica to force
GlobalVisState->maybe_needed on the primary to move backwards and
precede the value of OldestXmin set at the beginning of vacuuming the
table.

This commit is separate from the fix in case there are test stability
issues.

Discussion of the bug: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_Y_NJzF4-8gzTTeaOuUL3CcGoXPjXcAHbTTygT8AyVqag%40mail.gmail.com
Discussion of the test: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_apNU2MPBK96V%2BbXjTq0RiZ-%3DA4ZTaysakpx9jxbq1dbQ%40mail.gmail.com

Author: Melanie Plageman
Reviewed-by: Peter Geoghegan

Branch
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REL_14_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/d42f60ccf07d89c12645efa8a41c57320d01c184

Modified Files
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src/test/recovery/t/043_vacuum_horizon_floor.pl | 251 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 251 insertions(+)

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