Fix nasty bug in nodeIndexscan.c's detection of duplicate tuples during
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Fix nasty bug in nodeIndexscan.c's detection of duplicate tuples during a multiple (OR'ed) indexscan. It was checking for duplicate tuple->t_data->t_ctid, when what it should be checking is tuple->t_self. The trouble situation occurs when a live tuple has t_ctid not pointing to itself, which can happen if an attempted UPDATE was rolled back. After a VACUUM, an unrelated tuple could be installed where the failed update tuple was, leading to one live tuple's t_ctid pointing to an unrelated tuple. If one of these tuples is fetched by an earlier OR'ed indexscan and the other by a later indexscan, nodeIndexscan.c would incorrectly ignore the second tuple. The bug exists in all 7.4.* and 8.0.* versions, but not in earlier or later branches because this code was only used in those releases. Per trouble report from Rafael Martinez Guerrero.
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| src/backend/executor/nodeIndexscan.c | modified | +2 −2 |