pgsql: Fix bug in following update chain when locking a heap tuple

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix bug in following update chain when locking a heap tuple
Date: 2025-12-23 12:07:33
Message-ID: E1vY1Aq-002FRH-2I@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix bug in following update chain when locking a heap tuple

After waiting for a concurrent updater to finish, heap_lock_tuple()
followed the update chain to lock all tuple versions. However, when
stepping from the initial tuple to the next one, it failed to check
that the next tuple's XMIN matches the initial tuple's XMAX. That's an
important check whenever following an update chain, and the recursive
part that follows the chain did it, but the initial step missed it.
Without the check, if the updating transaction aborts, the updated
tuple is vacuumed away and replaced by an unrelated tuple, the
unrelated tuple might get incorrectly locked.

Author: Jasper Smit <jasper(dot)smit(at)servicenow(dot)com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAOG+RQ74x0q=kgBBQ=mezuvOeZBfSxM1qu_o0V28bwDz3dHxLw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 14

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/955f5506863dce0a3416e3fae7c3297dbbaa946d

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c | 48 ++++++---
src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile | 3 +-
.../injection_points/expected/heap_lock_update.out | 83 +++++++++++++++
src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build | 1 +
.../injection_points/specs/heap_lock_update.spec | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

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