| From: | Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> |
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| To: | pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | pgsql: Fix GIN VACUUM posting tree root split bug. |
| Date: | 2026-08-19 16:31:23 |
| Message-ID: | E1wwjCE-00000001Eyq-3fwc@gemulon.postgresql.org |
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Fix GIN VACUUM posting tree root split bug.
ginVacuumPostingTreeLeaves swaps a shared buffer lock for an exclusive
one when it encounters a leaf page. It neglected to re-verify whether a
page that was initially a leaf root page became an internal page due to
a concurrent root page split (during the window when no lock was held).
It was therefore possible for GIN VACUUM to spuriously treat an internal
page as a leaf page, leading to data corruption. VACUUM could miss dead
TIDs that it was required to remove, leaving behind dangling references
in the index.
To fix, re-verify that a leaf page is still a leaf page after an
exclusive lock is acquired. If it isn't, drop our exclusive lock and
acquire a shared lock so that the non-leaf root page gets processed in
the usual way.
Oversight in commit fd83c83d, which fixed a deadlock bug in GIN posting
tree vacuuming.
Author: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-Wz=RBpJTQgvOxr6C=J04dExmFSt1E3F-r+cRTQ56hEotkg@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 14
Branch
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REL_18_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/9900966c7d598fedb72850c4d0db2d5ac6986d37
Modified Files
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src/backend/access/gin/ginvacuum.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
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