v19-0001-Update-header-comment-for-lookup_type_cache.patch

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Filename: v19-0001-Update-header-comment-for-lookup_type_cache.patch
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Message: Re: type cache cleanup improvements

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Series: patch v19-0001
Subject: Update header comment for lookup_type_cache()
File+
src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c 9 0
From 5f9c300e039854949cbd1337200b227018426c05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:30:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH v19 1/2] Update header comment for lookup_type_cache()

Describe the way we handle concurrent invalidation messages.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAPpHfdsQhwUrnB3of862j9RgHoJM--eRbifvBMvtQxpC57dxCA%40mail.gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Andrei Lepikhov, Artur Zakirov, Pavel Borisov
---
 src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c
index 2ec136b7d30..f142624ad2e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c
@@ -351,6 +351,15 @@ type_cache_syshash(const void *key, Size keysize)
  * invalid.  Note however that we may fail to find one or more of the
  * values requested by 'flags'; the caller needs to check whether the fields
  * are InvalidOid or not.
+ *
+ * Note that while filling TypeCacheEntry we might process concurrent
+ * invalidation messages, causing our not-yet-filled TypeCacheEntry to be
+ * invalidated.  In this case, we typically only clear flags while values are
+ * still available for the caller.  It's expected that the caller holds
+ * enough locks on type-depending objects that the values are still relevant.
+ * It's also important that the tupdesc is filled after all other
+ * TypeCacheEntry items for TYPTYPE_COMPOSITE.  So, tupdesc can't get
+ * invalidated during the lookup_type_cache() call.
  */
 TypeCacheEntry *
 lookup_type_cache(Oid type_id, int flags)
-- 
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)