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Re: new heapcheck contrib module

Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>

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From: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
To: Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-09-22T17:58:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 10:55 AM Mark Dilger
<mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> I am inclined to just restrict verify_heapam() to superusers and be done.  What do you think?

The existing amcheck functions were designed to have execute privilege
granted to non-superusers, though we never actually advertised that
fact. Maybe now would be a good time to start doing so.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan

Commits

  1. Add pg_amcheck, a CLI for contrib/amcheck.

  2. Refactor and generalize the ParallelSlot machinery.

  3. Generalize parallel slot result handling.

  4. Move some code from src/bin/scripts to src/fe_utils to permit reuse.

  5. Factor pattern-construction logic out of processSQLNamePattern.

  6. Doc: clean up verify_heapam() documentation.

  7. Fix more portability issues in new amcheck code.

  8. Fix portability issues in new amcheck test.

  9. Try to avoid a compiler warning about using fxid uninitialized.

  10. Extend amcheck to check heap pages.

  11. Adjust walsender usage of xlogreader, simplify APIs

  12. Improve checking of child pages in contrib/amcheck.

  13. Sanitize line pointers within contrib/amcheck.

  14. Fix possible sorting error when aborting use of abbreviated keys.