postgresql/src
Amit Kapila 3f86867d56 Fix an undetected deadlock due to apply worker.
The apply worker needs to update the state of the subscription tables to
'READY' during the synchronization phase which requires locking the
corresponding subscription. The apply worker also waits for the
subscription tables to reach the 'SYNCDONE' state after holding the locks
on the subscription and the wait is done using WaitLatch. The 'SYNCDONE'
state is changed by tablesync workers again by locking the corresponding
subscription. Both the state updates use AccessShareLock mode to lock the
subscription, so they can't block each other. However, a backend can
simultaneously try to acquire a lock on the same subscription using
AccessExclusiveLock mode to alter the subscription. Now, the backend's
wait on a lock can sneak in between the apply worker and table sync worker
causing deadlock.

In other words, apply_worker waits for tablesync worker which waits for
backend, and backend waits for apply worker. This is not detected by the
deadlock detector because apply worker uses WaitLatch.

The fix is to release existing locks in apply worker before it starts to
wait for tablesync worker to change the state.

Reported-by: Tomas Vondra
Author: Shlok Kyal
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila, Peter Smith
Backpatch-through: 12
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/d291bb50-12c4-e8af-2af2-7bb9bb4d8e3e@enterprisedb.com
2023-12-11 08:10:46 +05:30
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backend Fix an undetected deadlock due to apply worker. 2023-12-11 08:10:46 +05:30
bin Don't use pgbench -j in tests 2023-12-04 14:00:51 +01:00
common Improve pglz_decompress's defenses against corrupt compressed data. 2023-10-18 20:43:17 -04:00
fe_utils Don't spuriously report FD_SETSIZE exhaustion on Windows. 2023-10-14 15:54:49 -07:00
include Use BIO_{get,set}_app_data instead of BIO_{get,set}_data. 2023-11-28 12:34:03 -05:00
interfaces Fix handling of errors in libpq pipelines 2023-12-05 12:43:24 +01:00
makefiles Add NO_INSTALL option to pgxs 2021-05-27 13:58:29 +02:00
pl Translation updates 2023-11-06 13:19:51 +01:00
port Fix detection of unseekable files for fseek() and ftello() with MSVC 2023-04-12 09:09:58 +09:00
template On NetBSD, force dynamic symbol resolution at postmaster start. 2022-08-30 17:29:03 -04:00
test Use BIO_{get,set}_app_data instead of BIO_{get,set}_data. 2023-11-28 12:34:03 -05:00
timezone Remove PHOT from our default timezone abbreviations list. 2023-10-28 11:55:06 -04:00
tools Use BIO_{get,set}_app_data instead of BIO_{get,set}_data. 2023-11-28 12:34:03 -05:00
tutorial Doc: sync src/tutorial/basics.source with SGML documentation. 2022-11-19 13:09:14 -05:00
.gitignore Convert cvsignore to gitignore, and add .gitignore for build targets. 2010-09-22 12:57:04 +02:00
DEVELOPERS Replace a couple of references to files that no longer exist in the source 2009-05-04 08:08:47 +00:00
Makefile Remove the option to build thread_test.c outside configure. 2020-10-21 12:08:48 -04:00
Makefile.global.in Suppress macOS warnings about duplicate libraries in link commands. 2023-09-29 14:07:30 -04:00
Makefile.shlib Stop using "-multiply_defined suppress" on macOS. 2023-09-26 21:06:21 -04:00
nls-global.mk Add errhint_plural() function and make use of it 2021-03-31 09:16:25 +02:00