Derive oldestActiveXid at correct time for Hot Standby.

simonat2ndQuadrant · simonat2ndQuadrant · commit 86e33648992c · 2011-11-02T08:54:56.000Z
There was a timing window between when oldestActiveXid was derived
and when it should have been derived that only shows itself under
heavy load. Move code around to ensure correct timing of derivation.
No change to StartupSUBTRANS() code, which is where this failed.

Bug report by Chris Redekop
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -7636,6 +7636,16 @@ CreateCheckPoint(int flags)
 	MemSet(&checkPoint, 0, sizeof(checkPoint));
 	checkPoint.time = (pg_time_t) time(NULL);
 
+	/*
+	 * For Hot Standby, derive the oldestActiveXid before we fix the redo pointer.
+	 * This allows us to begin accumulating changes to assemble our starting
+	 * snapshot of locks and transactions.
+	 */
+	if (!shutdown && XLogStandbyInfoActive())
+		checkPoint.oldestActiveXid = GetOldestActiveTransactionId();
+	else
+		checkPoint.oldestActiveXid = InvalidTransactionId;
+
 	/*
 	 * We must hold WALInsertLock while examining insert state to determine
 	 * the checkpoint REDO pointer.
@@ -7822,9 +7832,7 @@ CreateCheckPoint(int flags)
 	 * Update checkPoint.nextXid since we have a later value
 	 */
 	if (!shutdown && XLogStandbyInfoActive())
-		LogStandbySnapshot(&checkPoint.oldestActiveXid, &checkPoint.nextXid);
-	else
-		checkPoint.oldestActiveXid = InvalidTransactionId;
+		LogStandbySnapshot(&checkPoint.nextXid);
 
 	START_CRIT_SECTION();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
@@ -1620,6 +1620,63 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 	return CurrentRunningXacts;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GetOldestActiveTransactionId()
+ *
+ * Similar to GetSnapshotData but returns just oldestActiveXid. We include
+ * all PGPROCs with an assigned TransactionId, even VACUUM processes.
+ * We look at all databases, though there is no need to include WALSender
+ * since this has no effect on hot standby conflicts.
+ *
+ * This is never executed during recovery so there is no need to look at
+ * KnownAssignedXids.
+ *
+ * We don't worry about updating other counters, we want to keep this as
+ * simple as possible and leave GetSnapshotData() as the primary code for
+ * that bookkeeping.
+ */
+TransactionId
+GetOldestActiveTransactionId(void)
+{
+	ProcArrayStruct *arrayP = procArray;
+	TransactionId oldestRunningXid;
+	int			index;
+
+	Assert(!RecoveryInProgress());
+
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_SHARED);
+
+	oldestRunningXid = ShmemVariableCache->nextXid;
+
+	/*
+	 * Spin over procArray collecting all xids and subxids.
+	 */
+	for (index = 0; index < arrayP->numProcs; index++)
+	{
+		volatile PGPROC *proc = arrayP->procs[index];
+		TransactionId xid;
+
+		/* Fetch xid just once - see GetNewTransactionId */
+		xid = proc->xid;
+
+		if (!TransactionIdIsNormal(xid))
+			continue;
+
+		if (TransactionIdPrecedes(xid, oldestRunningXid))
+			oldestRunningXid = xid;
+
+		/*
+		 * Top-level XID of a transaction is always less than any of its
+		 * subxids, so we don't need to check if any of the subxids are
+		 * smaller than oldestRunningXid
+		 */
+	}
+
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	return oldestRunningXid;
+}
+
 /*
  * GetTransactionsInCommit -- Get the XIDs of transactions that are committing
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ standby_desc(StringInfo buf, uint8 xl_info, char *rec)
  * making WAL entries.
  */
 void
-LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId *oldestActiveXid, TransactionId *nextXid)
+LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId *nextXid)
 {
 	RunningTransactions running;
 	xl_standby_lock *locks;
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId *oldestActiveXid, TransactionId *nextXid)
 	/* GetRunningTransactionData() acquired XidGenLock, we must release it */
 	LWLockRelease(XidGenLock);
 
-	*oldestActiveXid = running->oldestRunningXid;
 	*nextXid = running->nextXid;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/storage/procarray.h b/src/include/storage/procarray.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ extern RunningTransactions GetRunningTransactionData(void);
 extern bool TransactionIdIsInProgress(TransactionId xid);
 extern bool TransactionIdIsActive(TransactionId xid);
 extern TransactionId GetOldestXmin(bool allDbs, bool ignoreVacuum);
+extern TransactionId GetOldestActiveTransactionId(void);
 
 extern int	GetTransactionsInCommit(TransactionId **xids_p);
 extern bool HaveTransactionsInCommit(TransactionId *xids, int nxids);
diff --git a/src/include/storage/standby.h b/src/include/storage/standby.h
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ typedef RunningTransactionsData *RunningTransactions;
 extern void LogAccessExclusiveLock(Oid dbOid, Oid relOid);
 extern void LogAccessExclusiveLockPrepare(void);
 
-extern void LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId *oldestActiveXid, TransactionId *nextXid);
+extern void LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId *nextXid);
 
 #endif   /* STANDBY_H */

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ standby_desc(StringInfo buf, uint8 xl_info, char *rec)`
`815`	`815`	`* making WAL entries.`
`816`	`816`	`*/`
`817`	`817`	`void`
`818`		`-LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId oldestActiveXid, TransactionId nextXid)`
	`818`	`+LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId *nextXid)`
`819`	`819`	`{`
`820`	`820`	`RunningTransactions running;`
`821`	`821`	`xl_standby_lock *locks;`
`@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ LogStandbySnapshot(TransactionId oldestActiveXid, TransactionId nextXid)`
`845`	`845`	`/* GetRunningTransactionData() acquired XidGenLock, we must release it */`
`846`	`846`	`LWLockRelease(XidGenLock);`
`847`	`847`
`848`		`- *oldestActiveXid = running->oldestRunningXid;`
`849`	`848`	`*nextXid = running->nextXid;`
`850`	`849`	`}`
`851`	`850`