Fix MVCC bug with prepared xact with subxacts on standby

We did not recover the subtransaction IDs of prepared transactions
when starting a hot standby from a shutdown checkpoint. As a result,
such subtransactions were considered as aborted, rather than
in-progress. That would lead to hint bits being set incorrectly, and
the subtransactions suddenly becoming visible to old snapshots when
the prepared transaction was committed.

To fix, update pg_subtrans with prepared transactions's subxids when
starting hot standby from a shutdown checkpoint. The snapshots taken
from that state need to be marked as "suboverflowed", so that we also
check the pg_subtrans.

Backport to all supported versions.

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/6b852e98-2d49-4ca1-9e95-db419a2696e0@iki.fi
This commit is contained in:
Heikki Linnakangas 2024-06-27 21:06:32 +03:00
parent ecbf6ac51d
commit cbfbda7841
7 changed files with 85 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -2035,9 +2035,8 @@ PrescanPreparedTransactions(TransactionId **xids_p, int *nxids_p)
* This is never called at the end of recovery - we use
* RecoverPreparedTransactions() at that point.
*
* The lack of calls to SubTransSetParent() calls here is by design;
* those calls are made by RecoverPreparedTransactions() at the end of recovery
* for those xacts that need this.
* This updates pg_subtrans, so that any subtransactions will be correctly
* seen as in-progress in snapshots taken during recovery.
*/
void
StandbyRecoverPreparedTransactions(void)
@ -2057,7 +2056,7 @@ StandbyRecoverPreparedTransactions(void)
buf = ProcessTwoPhaseBuffer(xid,
gxact->prepare_start_lsn,
gxact->ondisk, false, false);
gxact->ondisk, true, false);
if (buf != NULL)
pfree(buf);
}

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@ -5777,6 +5777,9 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
RunningTransactionsData running;
TransactionId latestCompletedXid;
/* Update pg_subtrans entries for any prepared transactions */
StandbyRecoverPreparedTransactions();
/*
* Construct a RunningTransactions snapshot representing a
* shut down server, with only prepared transactions still
@ -5785,7 +5788,7 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
*/
running.xcnt = nxids;
running.subxcnt = 0;
running.subxid_overflow = false;
running.subxid_status = SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS;
running.nextXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(checkPoint.nextXid);
running.oldestRunningXid = oldestActiveXID;
latestCompletedXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(checkPoint.nextXid);
@ -5795,8 +5798,6 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
running.xids = xids;
ProcArrayApplyRecoveryInfo(&running);
StandbyRecoverPreparedTransactions();
}
}
@ -8244,6 +8245,9 @@ xlog_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
oldestActiveXID = PrescanPreparedTransactions(&xids, &nxids);
/* Update pg_subtrans entries for any prepared transactions */
StandbyRecoverPreparedTransactions();
/*
* Construct a RunningTransactions snapshot representing a shut
* down server, with only prepared transactions still alive. We're
@ -8252,7 +8256,7 @@ xlog_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
*/
running.xcnt = nxids;
running.subxcnt = 0;
running.subxid_overflow = false;
running.subxid_status = SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS;
running.nextXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(checkPoint.nextXid);
running.oldestRunningXid = oldestActiveXID;
latestCompletedXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(checkPoint.nextXid);
@ -8262,8 +8266,6 @@ xlog_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
running.xids = xids;
ProcArrayApplyRecoveryInfo(&running);
StandbyRecoverPreparedTransactions();
}
/* ControlFile->checkPointCopy always tracks the latest ckpt XID */

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@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ ProcArrayApplyRecoveryInfo(RunningTransactions running)
* If the snapshot isn't overflowed or if its empty we can reset our
* pending state and use this snapshot instead.
*/
if (!running->subxid_overflow || running->xcnt == 0)
if (running->subxid_status != SUBXIDS_MISSING || running->xcnt == 0)
{
/*
* If we have already collected known assigned xids, we need to
@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ ProcArrayApplyRecoveryInfo(RunningTransactions running)
* missing, so conservatively assume the last one is latestObservedXid.
* ----------
*/
if (running->subxid_overflow)
if (running->subxid_status == SUBXIDS_MISSING)
{
standbyState = STANDBY_SNAPSHOT_PENDING;
@ -1270,6 +1270,18 @@ ProcArrayApplyRecoveryInfo(RunningTransactions running)
standbyState = STANDBY_SNAPSHOT_READY;
standbySnapshotPendingXmin = InvalidTransactionId;
/*
* If the 'xids' array didn't include all subtransactions, we have to
* mark any snapshots taken as overflowed.
*/
if (running->subxid_status == SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS)
procArray->lastOverflowedXid = latestObservedXid;
else
{
Assert(running->subxid_status == SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY);
procArray->lastOverflowedXid = InvalidTransactionId;
}
}
/*
@ -2833,7 +2845,7 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
CurrentRunningXacts->xcnt = count - subcount;
CurrentRunningXacts->subxcnt = subcount;
CurrentRunningXacts->subxid_overflow = suboverflowed;
CurrentRunningXacts->subxid_status = suboverflowed ? SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS : SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY;
CurrentRunningXacts->nextXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(TransamVariables->nextXid);
CurrentRunningXacts->oldestRunningXid = oldestRunningXid;
CurrentRunningXacts->oldestDatabaseRunningXid = oldestDatabaseRunningXid;

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@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ standby_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
running.xcnt = xlrec->xcnt;
running.subxcnt = xlrec->subxcnt;
running.subxid_overflow = xlrec->subxid_overflow;
running.subxid_status = xlrec->subxid_overflow ? SUBXIDS_MISSING : SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY;
running.nextXid = xlrec->nextXid;
running.latestCompletedXid = xlrec->latestCompletedXid;
running.oldestRunningXid = xlrec->oldestRunningXid;
@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ LogCurrentRunningXacts(RunningTransactions CurrRunningXacts)
xlrec.xcnt = CurrRunningXacts->xcnt;
xlrec.subxcnt = CurrRunningXacts->subxcnt;
xlrec.subxid_overflow = CurrRunningXacts->subxid_overflow;
xlrec.subxid_overflow = (CurrRunningXacts->subxid_status != SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY);
xlrec.nextXid = CurrRunningXacts->nextXid;
xlrec.oldestRunningXid = CurrRunningXacts->oldestRunningXid;
xlrec.latestCompletedXid = CurrRunningXacts->latestCompletedXid;
@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ LogCurrentRunningXacts(RunningTransactions CurrRunningXacts)
recptr = XLogInsert(RM_STANDBY_ID, XLOG_RUNNING_XACTS);
if (CurrRunningXacts->subxid_overflow)
if (xlrec.subxid_overflow)
elog(DEBUG2,
"snapshot of %d running transactions overflowed (lsn %X/%X oldest xid %u latest complete %u next xid %u)",
CurrRunningXacts->xcnt,

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@ -75,11 +75,19 @@ extern void StandbyReleaseOldLocks(TransactionId oldxid);
* almost immediately see the data we need to begin executing queries.
*/
typedef enum
{
SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY, /* xids array includes all running subxids */
SUBXIDS_MISSING, /* snapshot overflowed, subxids are missing */
SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS, /* subxids are not included in 'xids', but
* pg_subtrans is fully up-to-date */
} subxids_array_status;
typedef struct RunningTransactionsData
{
int xcnt; /* # of xact ids in xids[] */
int subxcnt; /* # of subxact ids in xids[] */
bool subxid_overflow; /* snapshot overflowed, subxids missing */
subxids_array_status subxid_status;
TransactionId nextXid; /* xid from TransamVariables->nextXid */
TransactionId oldestRunningXid; /* *not* oldestXmin */
TransactionId oldestDatabaseRunningXid; /* same as above, but within the

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@ -312,6 +312,52 @@ $cur_standby->start;
$cur_primary->psql('postgres', "COMMIT PREPARED 'xact_009_12'");
###############################################################################
# Check visibility of prepared transactions in standby after a restart while
# primary is down.
###############################################################################
$cur_primary->psql(
'postgres', "
CREATE TABLE t_009_tbl_standby_mvcc (id int, msg text);
BEGIN;
INSERT INTO t_009_tbl_standby_mvcc VALUES (1, 'issued to ${cur_primary_name}');
SAVEPOINT s1;
INSERT INTO t_009_tbl_standby_mvcc VALUES (2, 'issued to ${cur_primary_name}');
PREPARE TRANSACTION 'xact_009_standby_mvcc';
");
$cur_primary->stop;
$cur_standby->restart;
# Acquire a snapshot in standby, before we commit the prepared transaction
my $standby_session = $cur_standby->background_psql('postgres', on_error_die => 1);
$standby_session->query_safe("BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ");
$psql_out = $standby_session->query_safe(
"SELECT count(*) FROM t_009_tbl_standby_mvcc");
is($psql_out, '0',
"Prepared transaction not visible in standby before commit");
# Commit the transaction in primary
$cur_primary->start;
$cur_primary->psql('postgres', "
SET synchronous_commit='remote_apply'; -- To ensure the standby is caught up
COMMIT PREPARED 'xact_009_standby_mvcc';
");
# Still not visible to the old snapshot
$psql_out = $standby_session->query_safe(
"SELECT count(*) FROM t_009_tbl_standby_mvcc");
is($psql_out, '0',
"Committed prepared transaction not visible to old snapshot in standby");
# Is visible to a new snapshot
$standby_session->query_safe("COMMIT");
$psql_out = $standby_session->query_safe(
"SELECT count(*) FROM t_009_tbl_standby_mvcc");
is($psql_out, '2',
"Committed prepared transaction is visible to new snapshot in standby");
$standby_session->quit;
###############################################################################
# Check for a lock conflict between prepared transaction with DDL inside and
# replay of XLOG_STANDBY_LOCK wal record.

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@ -3931,6 +3931,7 @@ string
substitute_actual_parameters_context
substitute_actual_srf_parameters_context
substitute_phv_relids_context
subxids_array_status
symbol
tablespaceinfo
td_entry