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2013-09-23pg_upgrade: fix C comment typoBruce Momjian
2013-09-23Fix SSL deadlock risk in libpqStephen Frost
In libpq, we set up and pass to OpenSSL callback routines to handle locking. When we run out of SSL connections, we try to clean things up by de-registering the hooks. Unfortunately, we had a few calls into the OpenSSL library after these hooks were de-registered during SSL cleanup which lead to deadlocking. This moves the thread callback cleanup to be after all SSL-cleanup related OpenSSL library calls. I've been unable to reproduce the deadlock with this fix. In passing, also move the close_SSL call to be after unlocking our ssl_config mutex when in a failure state. While it looks pretty unlikely to be an issue, it could have resulted in deadlocks if we ended up in this code path due to something other than SSL_new failing. Thanks to Heikki for pointing this out. Back-patch to all supported versions; note that the close_SSL issue only goes back to 9.0, so that hunk isn't included in the 8.4 patch. Initially found and reported by Vesa-Matti J Kari; many thanks to both Heikki and Andres for their help running down the specific issue and reviewing the patch.
2013-09-23Fix two timeline handling bugs in pg_receivexlog.Heikki Linnakangas
When a timeline history file is fetched from server, it is initially created with a temporary file name, and renamed to place. However, the temporary file name was constructed using an uninitialized buffer. Usually that meant that the file was created in current directory instead of the target, which usually goes unnoticed, but if the target is on a different filesystem than the current dir, the rename() would fail. Fix that. The second issue is that pg_receivexlog would not take .partial files into account when determining when scanning the target directory for existing WAL files. If the timeline has switched in the server several times in the last WAL segment, and pg_receivexlog is restarted, it would choose a too old starting point. That's not a problem as long as the old WAL segment exists in the server and can be streamed over, but will cause a failure if it's not. Backpatch to 9.3, where this timeline handling code was written. Analysed by Andrew Gierth, bug #8453, based on a bug report on IRC.
2013-09-19Fix compiler warning in WaitForBackgroundWorkerStartup().Robert Haas
Per complaint from Andrew Gierth.
2013-09-18Fix typo in comment.Fujii Masao
Ian Lawrence Barwick
2013-09-18Documentation correction.Robert Haas
Etsuro Fujita
2013-09-18Typo fix.Robert Haas
Etsuro Fujita
2013-09-17Remove `proc` argument from LockCheckConflictsAlvaro Herrera
This has been unused since commit 8563ccae2caf. Noted by Antonin Houska
2013-09-16Rename various "freeze multixact" variablesAlvaro Herrera
It seems to make more sense to use "cutoff multixact" terminology throughout the backend code; "freeze" is associated with replacing of an Xid with FrozenTransactionId, which is not what we do for MultiXactIds. Andres Freund Some adjustments by Álvaro Herrera
2013-09-16Add a GUC to report whether data page checksums are enabled.Heikki Linnakangas
Bernd Helmle
2013-09-15Fix typosPeter Eisentraut
2013-09-12Ignore interrupts during quickdie().Noah Misch
Once the administrator has called for an immediate shutdown or a backend crash has triggered a reinitialization, no mere SIGINT or SIGTERM should change that course. Such derailment remains possible when the signal arrives before quickdie() blocks signals. That being a narrow race affecting most PostgreSQL signal handlers in some way, leave it for another patch. Back-patch this to all supported versions.
2013-09-11Create index on srt table in citext regression tests.Kevin Grittner
Comments and the tests make clear that the intent is to test with and without an index, but there was no index.
2013-09-11fuzzystrmatch: replace broken link in C commentBruce Momjian
Albe Laurenz
2013-09-11docs: Update libpq and testlo examplesBruce Momjian
Josh Kupershmidt
2013-09-11Add comment for VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR macroBruce Momjian
Gurjeet Singh
2013-09-10psql: fix \copy stdin trailing space requirementBruce Momjian
Previously a trailing space was required for \copy ... stdin: copy foo from stdin ; Etsuro Fujita
2013-09-10psql: honor 'footer' option for expanded outputBruce Momjian
"No rows" previously only honored the tuples-only option. Per report from Eli Mesika
2013-09-10Remove leftover function prototype.Fujii Masao
The prototype for inval_twophase_postcommit wasn't removed when it's definition was removed in efc16ea520679d713d98a2c7bf1453c4ff7b91ec / the initial HS commit. Andres Freund
2013-09-10Show schemas in information_schema.schemata that the current has access toPeter Eisentraut
Before, it would only show schemas that the current user owns. Per discussion, the new behavior is more useful and consistent for PostgreSQL.
2013-09-09Introduce InvalidCommandId.Robert Haas
This allows a 32-bit field to represent an *optional* command ID without a separate flag bit. Andres Freund
2013-09-08Return error if allocation of new element was not possible.Michael Meskes
Found by Coverity.
2013-09-08Close file to no leak file descriptor memory. Found by Coverity.Michael Meskes
2013-09-07intarray: return empty zero-dimensional array for an empty arrayBruce Momjian
Previously a one-dimensional empty array was returned, but its text representation matched a zero-dimensional array, and there is no way to dump/reload a one-dimensional empty array. BACKWARD INCOMPATIBILITY Per report from elein
2013-09-06Don't VALGRIND_PRINTF() each query string.Noah Misch
Doing so was helpful for some Valgrind usage and distracting for other usage. One can achieve the same effect by changing log_statement and pointing both PostgreSQL and Valgrind logging to stderr. Per gripe from Andres Freund.
2013-09-05Eliminate pg_rewrite.ev_attr column and related dead code.Kevin Grittner
Commit 95ef6a344821655ce4d0a74999ac49dd6af6d342 removed the ability to create rules on an individual column as of 7.3, but left some residual code which has since been useless. This cleans up that dead code without any change in behavior other than dropping the useless column from the catalog.
2013-09-05Make catalog cache hash tables resizeable.Heikki Linnakangas
If the hash table backing a catalog cache becomes too full (fillfactor > 2), enlarge it. A new buckets array, double the size of the old, is allocated, and all entries in the old hash are moved to the right bucket in the new hash. This has two benefits. First, cache lookups don't get so expensive when there are lots of entries in a cache, like if you access hundreds of thousands of tables. Second, we can make the (initial) sizes of the caches much smaller, which saves memory. This patch dials down the initial sizes of the catcaches. The new sizes are chosen so that a backend that only runs a few basic queries still won't need to enlarge any of them.
2013-09-05Revert WAL posix_fallocate() patches.Jeff Davis
This reverts commit 269e780822abb2e44189afaccd6b0ee7aefa7ddd and commit 5b571bb8c8d2bea610e01ae1ee7bc05adcfff528. Unfortunately, the initial patch had insufficient performance testing, and resulted in a regression. Per report by Thom Brown.
2013-09-05Improve Range Types and Exclusion Constraints example.Jeff Davis
Make the examples self-contained to avoid confusion. Per bug report 8367 from KOIZUMI Satoru.
2013-09-04Add GUC descriptions for compile-time postgresql.conf settingsBruce Momjian
Previous text was "No description available". Tianyin Xu
2013-09-04Remove dead URL mention in OSX startup scriptBruce Momjian
Backpatch to 9.3. Per suggestion from Gavan Schneider
2013-09-04Keep heavily-contended fields in XLogCtlInsert on different cache lines.Heikki Linnakangas
Performance testing shows that if the insertpos_lck spinlock and the fields that it protects are on the same cache line with other variables that are frequently accessed, the false sharing can hurt performance a lot. Keep them apart by adding some padding.
2013-09-04Expose fsync_fname as a public API.Robert Haas
Andres Freund
2013-09-03Update comments concerning PGC_S_TEST.Tom Lane
This GUC context value was once only used by ALTER DATABASE SET and ALTER USER SET. That's not true anymore, though, so rewrite the comments to be a bit more general. Patch in HEAD only, since this is just an internal documentation issue.
2013-09-03Don't fail for bad GUCs in CREATE FUNCTION with check_function_bodies off.Tom Lane
The previous coding attempted to activate all the GUC settings specified in SET clauses, so that the function validator could operate in the GUC environment expected by the function body. However, this is problematic when restoring a dump, since the SET clauses might refer to database objects that don't exist yet. We already have the parameter check_function_bodies that's meant to prevent forward references in function definitions from breaking dumps, so let's change CREATE FUNCTION to not install the SET values if check_function_bodies is off. Authors of function validators were already advised not to make any "context sensitive" checks when check_function_bodies is off, if indeed they're checking anything at all in that mode. But extend the documentation to point out the GUC issue in particular. (Note that we still check the SET clauses to some extent; the behavior with !check_function_bodies is now approximately equivalent to what ALTER DATABASE/ROLE have been doing for awhile with context-dependent GUCs.) This problem can be demonstrated in all active branches, so back-patch all the way.
2013-09-03Allow aggregate functions to be VARIADIC.Tom Lane
There's no inherent reason why an aggregate function can't be variadic (even VARIADIC ANY) if its transition function can handle the case. Indeed, this patch to add the feature touches none of the planner or executor, and little of the parser; the main missing stuff was DDL and pg_dump support. It is true that variadic aggregates can create the same sort of ambiguity about parameters versus ORDER BY keys that was complained of when we (briefly) had both one- and two-argument forms of string_agg(). However, the policy formed in response to that discussion only said that we'd not create any built-in aggregates with varying numbers of arguments, not that we shouldn't allow users to do it. So the logical extension of that is we can allow users to make variadic aggregates as long as we're wary about shipping any such in core. In passing, this patch allows aggregate function arguments to be named, to the extent of remembering the names in pg_proc and dumping them in pg_dump. You can't yet call an aggregate using named-parameter notation. That seems like a likely future extension, but it'll take some work, and it's not what this patch is really about. Likewise, there's still some work needed to make window functions handle VARIADIC fully, but I left that for another day. initdb forced because of new aggvariadic field in Aggref parse nodes.
2013-09-03Update obsolete commentAlvaro Herrera
2013-09-03Docs: wording improvements in discussion of timestamp arithmetic.Tom Lane
I started out just to fix the broken markup in commit 1c2085766187031eaeaae7db4785b9e1d4241988, but got distracted by copy-editing. I see Bruce already fixed the markup, but I'll commit the wordsmithing anyway.
2013-09-03doc: Fix SGML markup for date patchBruce Momjian
2013-09-03Docs: add paragraph about date/timestamp subtractionBruce Momjian
per suggestion from Francisco Olart
2013-09-03docs: Clarify that we also support Solaris versions greater than 10.Robert Haas
MauMau
2013-09-03Fix thinko in worker_spi, count(*) returns a bigint. Thanks RhodiumToadGreg Stark
2013-09-03Fix typo in comment.Heikki Linnakangas
Also line-wrap an over-wide line in a comment that's ignored by pgindent.
2013-09-02Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2013d.Tom Lane
DST law changes in Israel, Morocco, Palestine, Paraguay. Historical corrections for Macquarie Island.
2013-09-02Fix relfrozenxid query in docs to include TOAST tables.Andrew Dunstan
The original query ignored TOAST tables which could result in tables needing a vacuum not being reported. Backpatch to all live branches.
2013-09-02Translation updatesPeter Eisentraut
2013-09-01Update "Using EXPLAIN" documentation examples using current code.Tom Lane
It seems like a good idea to update these examples since some fairly basic planner behaviors have changed in 9.3; notably that the startup cost for an indexscan plan node is no longer invariably estimated at 0.00.
2013-09-01Update 9.3 release notes.Tom Lane
Some corrections, a lot of copy-editing. Set projected release date as 2013-09-09.
2013-08-31Improve regression test for #8410.Tom Lane
The previous version of the query disregarded the result of the MergeAppend instead of checking its results. Andres Freund
2013-08-30Add test case for bug #8410.Tom Lane
Per Andres Freund.