Re: Avoid orphaned objects dependencies, take 3

Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>

From: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2024-07-01T09:39:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Hi,

On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 10:24:41AM +0000, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 01:22:43PM +0000, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> > Another thought for the RelationRelationId class case: we could check if there
> > is a lock first and if there is no lock then acquire one. That way that would
> > ensure the relation is always locked (so no "risk" anymore), but OTOH it may
> > add "unecessary" locking (see 2. mentioned previously).
> 
> Please find attached v12 implementing this idea for the RelationRelationId class
> case. As mentioned, it may add unnecessary locking for 2. but I think that's
> worth it to ensure that we are always on the safe side of thing. This idea is
> implemented in LockNotPinnedObjectById().

Please find attached v13, mandatory rebase due to 0cecc908e97. In passing, make
use of CheckRelationOidLockedByMe() added in 0cecc908e97.

Regards,

-- 
Bertrand Drouvot
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
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  1. Avoid orphaned objects dependencies

  2. Don't try to record dependency on a dropped column's datatype