On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:23 AM Ashutosh Sharma <ashu.coe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Attached v4 patch fixes the latest comments from Robert and Masahiko-san.
Compiler warning: heap_surgery.c:136:13: error: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false [-Werror,-Wtautological-compare] if (blkno < 0 || blkno >= nblocks) ~~~~~ ^ ~ There's a certain inconsistency to these messages: rhaas=# create table foo (a int); CREATE TABLE rhaas=# insert into foo values (1); INSERT 0 1 rhaas=# select heap_force_kill('foo'::regclass, array['(0,2)'::tid]); NOTICE: skipping tid (0, 2) because it contains an invalid offset heap_force_kill ----------------- (1 row) rhaas=# select heap_force_kill('foo'::regclass, array['(1,0)'::tid]); ERROR: invalid item pointer LOCATION: tids_same_page_fetch_offnums, heap_surgery.c:347 rhaas=# select heap_force_kill('foo'::regclass, array['(1,1)'::tid]); ERROR: block number 1 is out of range for relation "foo" >From a user perspective it seems like I've made three very similar mistakes: in the first case, the offset is too high, in the second case it's too low, and in the third case the block number is out of range. But in one case I get a NOTICE and in the other two cases I get an ERROR. In one case I get the relation name and in the other two cases I don't. The two complaints about an invalid offset are phrased completely differently from each other. For example, suppose you do this: ERROR: tid (%u, %u) is invalid for relation "%s" because the block number is out of range (%u..%u) ERROR: tid (%u, %u) is invalid for relation "%s" because the item number is out of range for this block (%u..%u) ERROR: tid (%u, %u) is invalid for relation "%s" because the item is unused ERROR: tid (%u, %u) is invalid for relation "%s" because the item is dead I think I misled you when I said to use pg_class_aclcheck. I think it should actually be pg_class_ownercheck. I think the relkind sanity check should permit RELKIND_MATVIEW also. It's unclear to me why the freeze logic here shouldn't do this part what heap_prepare_freeze_tuple() does when freezing xmax: frz->t_infomask2 &= ~HEAP_HOT_UPDATED; frz->t_infomask2 &= ~HEAP_KEYS_UPDATED; Likewise, why should we not freeze or invalidate xvac in the case where tuple->t_infomask & HEAP_MOVED, as heap_prepare_freeze_tuple() would do? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company