v12-0002-Add-info-in-WAL-records-in-preparation-for-logic.patch

From e303dbb1fd04ed0a9b88093c5dca22a0f41380b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bdrouvotAWS <bdrouvot@amazon.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:16:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH v12 2/5] Add info in WAL records in preparation for logical
 slot conflict handling.

When a WAL replay on standby indicates that a catalog table tuple is
to be deleted by an xid that is greater than a logical slot's
catalog_xmin, then that means the slot's catalog_xmin conflicts with
the xid, and we need to handle the conflict.  While subsequent commits
will do the actual conflict handling, this commit adds a new field
onCatalogTable in such WAL records, that is true for catalog tables,
so as to arrange for conflict handling.

Andres Freund.
---
 src/backend/access/gist/gist.c          |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/gist/gistbuild.c     |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c      |  4 ++--
 src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c      |  4 +++-
 src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c    |  2 ++
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c        | 10 +++++++---
 src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c     | 12 +++++++++---
 src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c   |  8 ++++++++
 src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 src/include/access/gist_private.h       |  6 +++---
 src/include/access/gistxlog.h           |  3 ++-
 src/include/access/hash_xlog.h          |  1 +
 src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h        |  8 ++++++--
 src/include/access/nbtxlog.h            |  2 ++
 src/include/access/spgxlog.h            |  1 +
 src/include/utils/lsyscache.h           |  1 +
 src/include/utils/rel.h                 |  9 +++++++++
 19 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
  15.3% src/backend/access/gist/
  20.9% src/backend/access/heap/
  12.4% src/backend/access/nbtree/
   7.6% src/backend/access/spgist/
   6.9% src/backend/utils/cache/
  20.0% src/include/access/
  14.2% src/include/utils/

diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gist.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gist.c
index 0683f42c25..b6e6340c3c 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gist.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gist.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ gistplacetopage(Relation rel, Size freespace, GISTSTATE *giststate,
 		for (; ptr; ptr = ptr->next)
 		{
 			/* Allocate new page */
-			ptr->buffer = gistNewBuffer(rel);
+			ptr->buffer = gistNewBuffer(heapRel, rel);
 			GISTInitBuffer(ptr->buffer, (is_leaf) ? F_LEAF : 0);
 			ptr->page = BufferGetPage(ptr->buffer);
 			ptr->block.blkno = BufferGetBlockNumber(ptr->buffer);
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistbuild.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistbuild.c
index 1054f6f1f2..8b064f32aa 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistbuild.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistbuild.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ gistbuild(Relation heap, Relation index, IndexInfo *indexInfo)
 		Page		page;
 
 		/* initialize the root page */
-		buffer = gistNewBuffer(index);
+		buffer = gistNewBuffer(heap, index);
 		Assert(BufferGetBlockNumber(buffer) == GIST_ROOT_BLKNO);
 		page = BufferGetPage(buffer);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c
index 1ff1bf816f..1c89028a7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ gistcheckpage(Relation rel, Buffer buf)
  * Caller is responsible for initializing the page by calling GISTInitBuffer
  */
 Buffer
-gistNewBuffer(Relation r)
+gistNewBuffer(Relation heapRel, Relation r)
 {
 	Buffer		buffer;
 	bool		needLock;
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ gistNewBuffer(Relation r)
 				 * page's deleteXid.
 				 */
 				if (XLogStandbyInfoActive() && RelationNeedsWAL(r))
-					gistXLogPageReuse(r, blkno, GistPageGetDeleteXid(page));
+					gistXLogPageReuse(heapRel, r, blkno, GistPageGetDeleteXid(page));
 
 				return buffer;
 			}
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c
index 1c80eae044..97d814b927 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ gistXLogAssignLSN(void)
  * Write XLOG record about reuse of a deleted page.
  */
 void
-gistXLogPageReuse(Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno, FullTransactionId latestRemovedXid)
+gistXLogPageReuse(Relation heapRel, Relation rel,
+				  BlockNumber blkno, FullTransactionId latestRemovedXid)
 {
 	gistxlogPageReuse xlrec_reuse;
 
@@ -607,6 +608,7 @@ gistXLogPageReuse(Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno, FullTransactionId latestRemov
 	 */
 
 	/* XLOG stuff */
+	xlrec_reuse.onCatalogTable = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(heapRel);
 	xlrec_reuse.node = rel->rd_node;
 	xlrec_reuse.block = blkno;
 	xlrec_reuse.latestRemovedFullXid = latestRemovedXid;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c
index d254a00b6a..5711952fc7 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "access/hash.h"
 #include "access/hash_xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "storage/buf_internals.h"
 #include "storage/lwlock.h"
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ _hash_vacuum_one_page(Relation rel, Relation hrel, Buffer metabuf, Buffer buf)
 			xl_hash_vacuum_one_page xlrec;
 			XLogRecPtr	recptr;
 
+			xlrec.onCatalogTable = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(hrel);
 			xlrec.latestRemovedXid = latestRemovedXid;
 			xlrec.ntuples = ndeletable;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 7cb87f4a3b..ac004f1258 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -7954,12 +7954,13 @@ bottomup_sort_and_shrink(TM_IndexDeleteOp *delstate)
  * see comments for vacuum_log_cleanup_info().
  */
 XLogRecPtr
-log_heap_cleanup_info(RelFileNode rnode, TransactionId latestRemovedXid)
+log_heap_cleanup_info(Relation rel, TransactionId latestRemovedXid)
 {
 	xl_heap_cleanup_info xlrec;
 	XLogRecPtr	recptr;
 
-	xlrec.node = rnode;
+	xlrec.onCatalogTable = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(rel);
+	xlrec.node = rel->rd_node;
 	xlrec.latestRemovedXid = latestRemovedXid;
 
 	XLogBeginInsert();
@@ -7995,6 +7996,7 @@ log_heap_clean(Relation reln, Buffer buffer,
 	/* Caller should not call me on a non-WAL-logged relation */
 	Assert(RelationNeedsWAL(reln));
 
+	xlrec.onCatalogTable = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(reln);
 	xlrec.latestRemovedXid = latestRemovedXid;
 	xlrec.nredirected = nredirected;
 	xlrec.ndead = ndead;
@@ -8045,6 +8047,7 @@ log_heap_freeze(Relation reln, Buffer buffer, TransactionId cutoff_xid,
 	/* nor when there are no tuples to freeze */
 	Assert(ntuples > 0);
 
+	xlrec.onCatalogTable = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(reln);
 	xlrec.cutoff_xid = cutoff_xid;
 	xlrec.ntuples = ntuples;
 
@@ -8075,7 +8078,7 @@ log_heap_freeze(Relation reln, Buffer buffer, TransactionId cutoff_xid,
  * heap_buffer, if necessary.
  */
 XLogRecPtr
-log_heap_visible(RelFileNode rnode, Buffer heap_buffer, Buffer vm_buffer,
+log_heap_visible(Relation rel, Buffer heap_buffer, Buffer vm_buffer,
 				 TransactionId cutoff_xid, uint8 vmflags)
 {
 	xl_heap_visible xlrec;
@@ -8085,6 +8088,7 @@ log_heap_visible(RelFileNode rnode, Buffer heap_buffer, Buffer vm_buffer,
 	Assert(BufferIsValid(heap_buffer));
 	Assert(BufferIsValid(vm_buffer));
 
+	xlrec.onCatalogTable = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(rel);
 	xlrec.cutoff_xid = cutoff_xid;
 	xlrec.flags = vmflags;
 	XLogBeginInsert();
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
index ef9186ba7c..f48a4e4603 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ vacuum_log_cleanup_info(Relation rel, LVRelStats *vacrelstats)
 	 * No need to write the record at all unless it contains a valid value
 	 */
 	if (TransactionIdIsValid(vacrelstats->latestRemovedXid))
-		(void) log_heap_cleanup_info(rel->rd_node, vacrelstats->latestRemovedXid);
+		(void) log_heap_cleanup_info(rel, vacrelstats->latestRemovedXid);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c b/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c
index e198df65d8..6e89a08c52 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ visibilitymap_set(Relation rel, BlockNumber heapBlk, Buffer heapBuf,
 			if (XLogRecPtrIsInvalid(recptr))
 			{
 				Assert(!InRecovery);
-				recptr = log_heap_visible(rel->rd_node, heapBuf, vmBuf,
+				recptr = log_heap_visible(rel, heapBuf, vmBuf,
 										  cutoff_xid, flags);
 
 				/*
diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
index 530d924bff..e5d725e4ea 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "utils/memdebug.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/snapmgr.h"
+#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 
 static BTMetaPageData *_bt_getmeta(Relation rel, Buffer metabuf);
 static void _bt_log_reuse_page(Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno,
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ static void _bt_log_reuse_page(Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno,
 static void _bt_delitems_delete(Relation rel, Buffer buf,
 								TransactionId latestRemovedXid,
 								OffsetNumber *deletable, int ndeletable,
-								BTVacuumPosting *updatable, int nupdatable);
+								BTVacuumPosting *updatable, int nupdatable,
+								Relation heapRel);
 static char *_bt_delitems_update(BTVacuumPosting *updatable, int nupdatable,
 								 OffsetNumber *updatedoffsets,
 								 Size *updatedbuflen, bool needswal);
@@ -836,6 +838,7 @@ _bt_log_reuse_page(Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno, FullTransactionId safexid)
 	 */
 
 	/* XLOG stuff */
+	xlrec_reuse.onCatalogTable = get_rel_logical_catalog(rel->rd_index->indrelid);
 	xlrec_reuse.node = rel->rd_node;
 	xlrec_reuse.block = blkno;
 	xlrec_reuse.latestRemovedFullXid = safexid;
@@ -1296,7 +1299,8 @@ _bt_delitems_vacuum(Relation rel, Buffer buf,
 static void
 _bt_delitems_delete(Relation rel, Buffer buf, TransactionId latestRemovedXid,
 					OffsetNumber *deletable, int ndeletable,
-					BTVacuumPosting *updatable, int nupdatable)
+					BTVacuumPosting *updatable, int nupdatable,
+					Relation heapRel)
 {
 	Page		page = BufferGetPage(buf);
 	BTPageOpaque opaque;
@@ -1358,6 +1362,8 @@ _bt_delitems_delete(Relation rel, Buffer buf, TransactionId latestRemovedXid,
 		XLogRecPtr	recptr;
 		xl_btree_delete xlrec_delete;
 
+		xlrec_delete.onCatalogTable =
+			RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(heapRel);
 		xlrec_delete.latestRemovedXid = latestRemovedXid;
 		xlrec_delete.ndeleted = ndeletable;
 		xlrec_delete.nupdated = nupdatable;
@@ -1685,7 +1691,7 @@ _bt_delitems_delete_check(Relation rel, Buffer buf, Relation heapRel,
 
 	/* Physically delete tuples (or TIDs) using deletable (or updatable) */
 	_bt_delitems_delete(rel, buf, latestRemovedXid, deletable, ndeletable,
-						updatable, nupdatable);
+						updatable, nupdatable, heapRel);
 
 	/* be tidy */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nupdatable; i++)
diff --git a/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c b/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
index a9ffca5183..cd6569955c 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "storage/indexfsm.h"
 #include "storage/lmgr.h"
 #include "utils/snapmgr.h"
+#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 
 
 /* Entry in pending-list of TIDs we need to revisit */
@@ -503,6 +504,13 @@ vacuumRedirectAndPlaceholder(Relation index, Buffer buffer)
 	spgxlogVacuumRedirect xlrec;
 	GlobalVisState *vistest;
 
+	/*
+	 * There is no chance of endless recursion even when we are doing catalog
+	 * acceses here; because, spgist is never used for catalogs. Check
+	 * comments in RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding().
+	 */
+	xlrec.onCatalogTable = get_rel_logical_catalog(index->rd_index->indrelid);
+
 	xlrec.nToPlaceholder = 0;
 	xlrec.newestRedirectXid = InvalidTransactionId;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
index 6bba5f8ec4..90fa5dfc7c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #include "access/hash.h"
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/nbtree.h"
+#include "access/table.h"
 #include "bootstrap/bootstrap.h"
+#include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_am.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_amop.h"
@@ -2062,6 +2064,20 @@ get_rel_persistence(Oid relid)
 	return result;
 }
 
+bool
+get_rel_logical_catalog(Oid relid)
+{
+	bool	res;
+	Relation rel;
+
+	/* assume previously locked */
+	rel = table_open(relid, NoLock);
+	res = RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(rel);
+	table_close(rel, NoLock);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
 
 /*				---------- TRANSFORM CACHE ----------						 */
 
diff --git a/src/include/access/gist_private.h b/src/include/access/gist_private.h
index 553d364e2d..a0f4015556 100644
--- a/src/include/access/gist_private.h
+++ b/src/include/access/gist_private.h
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ extern XLogRecPtr gistXLogPageDelete(Buffer buffer,
 									 FullTransactionId xid, Buffer parentBuffer,
 									 OffsetNumber downlinkOffset);
 
-extern void gistXLogPageReuse(Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno,
-							  FullTransactionId latestRemovedXid);
+extern void gistXLogPageReuse(Relation heapRel, Relation rel,
+				  BlockNumber blkno, FullTransactionId latestRemovedXid);
 
 extern XLogRecPtr gistXLogUpdate(Buffer buffer,
 								 OffsetNumber *todelete, int ntodelete,
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ extern bool gistproperty(Oid index_oid, int attno,
 extern bool gistfitpage(IndexTuple *itvec, int len);
 extern bool gistnospace(Page page, IndexTuple *itvec, int len, OffsetNumber todelete, Size freespace);
 extern void gistcheckpage(Relation rel, Buffer buf);
-extern Buffer gistNewBuffer(Relation r);
+extern Buffer gistNewBuffer(Relation heapRel, Relation r);
 extern bool gistPageRecyclable(Page page);
 extern void gistfillbuffer(Page page, IndexTuple *itup, int len,
 						   OffsetNumber off);
diff --git a/src/include/access/gistxlog.h b/src/include/access/gistxlog.h
index fd5144f258..73999ddc70 100644
--- a/src/include/access/gistxlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/gistxlog.h
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ typedef struct gistxlogPageUpdate
  */
 typedef struct gistxlogDelete
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	TransactionId latestRemovedXid;
 	uint16		ntodelete;		/* number of deleted offsets */
-
 	/*
 	 * In payload of blk 0 : todelete OffsetNumbers
 	 */
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ typedef struct gistxlogPageDelete
  */
 typedef struct gistxlogPageReuse
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	RelFileNode node;
 	BlockNumber block;
 	FullTransactionId latestRemovedFullXid;
diff --git a/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h b/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h
index 4353a32dbb..94c3292c1e 100644
--- a/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ typedef struct xl_hash_init_bitmap_page
  */
 typedef struct xl_hash_vacuum_one_page
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	TransactionId latestRemovedXid;
 	int			ntuples;
 
diff --git a/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h b/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h
index 178d49710a..6c4c26c2fe 100644
--- a/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ typedef struct xl_heap_update
  */
 typedef struct xl_heap_clean
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	TransactionId latestRemovedXid;
 	uint16		nredirected;
 	uint16		ndead;
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ typedef struct xl_heap_clean
  */
 typedef struct xl_heap_cleanup_info
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	RelFileNode node;
 	TransactionId latestRemovedXid;
 } xl_heap_cleanup_info;
@@ -334,6 +336,7 @@ typedef struct xl_heap_freeze_tuple
  */
 typedef struct xl_heap_freeze_page
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	TransactionId cutoff_xid;
 	uint16		ntuples;
 } xl_heap_freeze_page;
@@ -348,6 +351,7 @@ typedef struct xl_heap_freeze_page
  */
 typedef struct xl_heap_visible
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	TransactionId cutoff_xid;
 	uint8		flags;
 } xl_heap_visible;
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@ extern void heap2_desc(StringInfo buf, XLogReaderState *record);
 extern const char *heap2_identify(uint8 info);
 extern void heap_xlog_logical_rewrite(XLogReaderState *r);
 
-extern XLogRecPtr log_heap_cleanup_info(RelFileNode rnode,
+extern XLogRecPtr log_heap_cleanup_info(Relation rel,
 										TransactionId latestRemovedXid);
 extern XLogRecPtr log_heap_clean(Relation reln, Buffer buffer,
 								 OffsetNumber *redirected, int nredirected,
@@ -416,7 +420,7 @@ extern bool heap_prepare_freeze_tuple(HeapTupleHeader tuple,
 									  bool *totally_frozen);
 extern void heap_execute_freeze_tuple(HeapTupleHeader tuple,
 									  xl_heap_freeze_tuple *xlrec_tp);
-extern XLogRecPtr log_heap_visible(RelFileNode rnode, Buffer heap_buffer,
+extern XLogRecPtr log_heap_visible(Relation rel, Buffer heap_buffer,
 								   Buffer vm_buffer, TransactionId cutoff_xid, uint8 flags);
 
 #endif							/* HEAPAM_XLOG_H */
diff --git a/src/include/access/nbtxlog.h b/src/include/access/nbtxlog.h
index 0f7731856b..b15aa47f1b 100644
--- a/src/include/access/nbtxlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/nbtxlog.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ typedef struct xl_btree_dedup
  */
 typedef struct xl_btree_reuse_page
 {
+	bool        onCatalogTable;
 	RelFileNode node;
 	BlockNumber block;
 	FullTransactionId latestRemovedFullXid;
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ typedef struct xl_btree_vacuum
 
 typedef struct xl_btree_delete
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	TransactionId latestRemovedXid;
 	uint16		ndeleted;
 	uint16		nupdated;
diff --git a/src/include/access/spgxlog.h b/src/include/access/spgxlog.h
index 69405b5750..06b91f4d04 100644
--- a/src/include/access/spgxlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/spgxlog.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ typedef struct spgxlogVacuumRoot
 
 typedef struct spgxlogVacuumRedirect
 {
+	bool		onCatalogTable;
 	uint16		nToPlaceholder; /* number of redirects to make placeholders */
 	OffsetNumber firstPlaceholder;	/* first placeholder tuple to remove */
 	TransactionId newestRedirectXid;	/* newest XID of removed redirects */
diff --git a/src/include/utils/lsyscache.h b/src/include/utils/lsyscache.h
index 77871aaefc..e2a5efed30 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/lsyscache.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/lsyscache.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ extern char get_rel_relkind(Oid relid);
 extern bool get_rel_relispartition(Oid relid);
 extern Oid	get_rel_tablespace(Oid relid);
 extern char get_rel_persistence(Oid relid);
+extern bool get_rel_logical_catalog(Oid relid);
 extern Oid	get_transform_fromsql(Oid typid, Oid langid, List *trftypes);
 extern Oid	get_transform_tosql(Oid typid, Oid langid, List *trftypes);
 extern bool get_typisdefined(Oid typid);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/rel.h b/src/include/utils/rel.h
index 8eee1c1a83..1df89b559d 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/rel.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/rel.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "access/tupdesc.h"
 #include "access/xlog.h"
+#include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_class.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_index.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_publication.h"
@@ -347,6 +348,9 @@ typedef struct StdRdOptions
  * RelationIsUsedAsCatalogTable
  *		Returns whether the relation should be treated as a catalog table
  *		from the pov of logical decoding.  Note multiple eval of argument!
+ *		This definition should not invoke anything that performs catalog
+ *		access; otherwise it may cause infinite recursion. Check the comments
+ *		in RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding() for details.
  */
 #define RelationIsUsedAsCatalogTable(relation)	\
 	((relation)->rd_options && \
@@ -647,6 +651,11 @@ typedef struct PartitionedTableRdOptions
  * RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding
  *		True if we need to log enough information to have access via
  *		decoding snapshot.
+ *		This definition should not invoke anything that performs catalog
+ *		access. Otherwise, e.g. logging a WAL entry for catalog relation may
+ *		invoke this function, which will in turn do catalog access, which may
+ *		in turn cause another similar WAL entry to be logged, leading to
+ *		infinite recursion.
  */
 #define RelationIsAccessibleInLogicalDecoding(relation) \
 	(XLogLogicalInfoActive() && \
-- 
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