Invalidate acl.c caches when pg_authid changes.

nmisch · nmisch · commit 90383a613b48 · 2020-12-25T10:42:04.000-08:00
This makes existing sessions reflect "ALTER ROLE ... [NO]INHERIT" as quickly as they have been reflecting "GRANT role_name". Back-patch to 9.5 (all supported versions). Reviewed by Nathan Bossart. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20201221095028.GB3777719@rfd.leadboat.com
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ typedef struct
  * role.  In most of these tests the "given role" is the same, namely the
  * active current user.  So we can optimize it by keeping a cached list of
  * all the roles the "given role" is a member of, directly or indirectly.
- * The cache is flushed whenever we detect a change in pg_auth_members.
  *
  * There are actually two caches, one computed under "has_privs" rules
  * (do not recurse where rolinherit isn't true) and one computed under
@@ -4692,12 +4691,16 @@ initialize_acl(void)
 	if (!IsBootstrapProcessingMode())
 	{
 		/*
-		 * In normal mode, set a callback on any syscache invalidation of
-		 * pg_auth_members rows
+		 * In normal mode, set a callback on any syscache invalidation of rows
+		 * of pg_auth_members (for each AUTHMEM search in this file) or
+		 * pg_authid (for has_rolinherit())
 		 */
 		CacheRegisterSyscacheCallback(AUTHMEMROLEMEM,
 									  RoleMembershipCacheCallback,
 									  (Datum) 0);
+		CacheRegisterSyscacheCallback(AUTHOID,
+									  RoleMembershipCacheCallback,
+									  (Datum) 0);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/privileges.out b/src/test/regress/expected/privileges.out
@@ -346,6 +346,13 @@ SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regressuser1;
 SELECT * FROM atest3; -- fail
 ERROR:  permission denied for relation atest3
 DELETE FROM atest3; -- ok
+BEGIN;
+RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION;
+ALTER ROLE regress_priv_user1 NOINHERIT;
+SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regress_priv_user1;
+DELETE FROM atest3;
+ERROR:  permission denied for table atest3
+ROLLBACK;
 -- views
 SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regressuser3;
 CREATE VIEW atestv1 AS SELECT * FROM atest1; -- ok
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/privileges.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/privileges.sql
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regressuser1;
 SELECT * FROM atest3; -- fail
 DELETE FROM atest3; -- ok
 
+BEGIN;
+RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION;
+ALTER ROLE regress_priv_user1 NOINHERIT;
+SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regress_priv_user1;
+DELETE FROM atest3;
+ROLLBACK;
 
 -- views
 
