Move I/O before the index_update_stats() buffer lock region.

nmisch · nmisch · commit 6b01cac0be6d · 2024-11-02T09:05:07.000-07:00
Commit a07e03f enlarged the work done here under the pg_class heap buffer lock. Two preexisting actions are best done before holding that lock. Both RelationGetNumberOfBlocks() and visibilitymap_count() do I/O, and the latter might exclusive-lock a visibility map buffer. Moving these reduces contention and risk of undetected LWLock deadlock. Back-patch to v12, like that commit. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20241031200139.b4@rfd.leadboat.com
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/index.c b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
@@ -2788,6 +2788,9 @@ index_update_stats(Relation rel,
 				   bool hasindex,
 				   double reltuples)
 {
+	bool		update_stats;
+	BlockNumber relpages;
+	BlockNumber relallvisible;
 	Oid			relid = RelationGetRelid(rel);
 	Relation	pg_class;
 	ScanKeyData key[1];
@@ -2796,6 +2799,38 @@ index_update_stats(Relation rel,
 	Form_pg_class rd_rel;
 	bool		dirty;
 
+	/*
+	 * As a special hack, if we are dealing with an empty table and the
+	 * existing reltuples is -1, we leave that alone.  This ensures that
+	 * creating an index as part of CREATE TABLE doesn't cause the table to
+	 * prematurely look like it's been vacuumed.  The rd_rel we modify may
+	 * differ from rel->rd_rel due to e.g. commit of concurrent GRANT, but the
+	 * commands that change reltuples take locks conflicting with ours.  (Even
+	 * if a command changed reltuples under a weaker lock, this affects only
+	 * statistics for an empty table.)
+	 */
+	if (reltuples == 0 && rel->rd_rel->reltuples < 0)
+		reltuples = -1;
+
+	update_stats = reltuples >= 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Finish I/O and visibility map buffer locks before
+	 * systable_inplace_update_begin() locks the pg_class buffer.  The rd_rel
+	 * we modify may differ from rel->rd_rel due to e.g. commit of concurrent
+	 * GRANT, but no command changes a relkind from non-index to index.  (Even
+	 * if one did, relallvisible doesn't break functionality.)
+	 */
+	if (update_stats)
+	{
+		relpages = RelationGetNumberOfBlocks(rel);
+
+		if (rel->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_INDEX)
+			visibilitymap_count(rel, &relallvisible, NULL);
+		else					/* don't bother for indexes */
+			relallvisible = 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We always update the pg_class row using a non-transactional,
 	 * overwrite-in-place update.  There are several reasons for this:
@@ -2849,16 +2884,8 @@ index_update_stats(Relation rel,
 		dirty = true;
 	}
 
-	if (reltuples >= 0)
+	if (update_stats)
 	{
-		BlockNumber relpages = RelationGetNumberOfBlocks(rel);
-		BlockNumber relallvisible;
-
-		if (rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_INDEX)
-			visibilitymap_count(rel, &relallvisible, NULL);
-		else					/* don't bother for indexes */
-			relallvisible = 0;
-
 		if (rd_rel->relpages != (int32) relpages)
 		{
 			rd_rel->relpages = (int32) relpages;
