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authorNoah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>2014-11-12 07:33:17 -0500
committerNoah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>2014-11-12 07:34:07 -0500
commitc4d360d18259690442036c1ee07a899cbe4022a0 (patch)
tree74f94cbd5f8491e5eff595e68efba6814a10a1a9 /src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
parent8fb4218ef41da0baff4909c5d74f23513bac9950 (diff)
Use just one database connection in the "tablespace" test.
On Windows, DROP TABLESPACE has a race condition when run concurrently with other processes having opened files in the tablespace. This led to a rare failure on buildfarm member frogmouth. Back-patch to 9.4, where the reconnection was introduced.
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diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c b/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
index 28e69a55510..096d01aaf0b 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
@@ -491,6 +491,13 @@ DropTableSpace(DropTableSpaceStmt *stmt)
* but we can't tell them apart from important data files that we
* mustn't delete. So instead, we force a checkpoint which will clean
* out any lingering files, and try again.
+ *
+ * XXX On Windows, an unlinked file persists in the directory listing
+ * until no process retains an open handle for the file. The DDL
+ * commands that schedule files for unlink send invalidation messages
+ * directing other PostgreSQL processes to close the files. DROP
+ * TABLESPACE should not give up on the tablespace becoming empty
+ * until all relevant invalidation processing is complete.
*/
RequestCheckpoint(CHECKPOINT_IMMEDIATE | CHECKPOINT_FORCE | CHECKPOINT_WAIT);
if (!destroy_tablespace_directories(tablespaceoid, false))