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2017-03-17Rename "pg_clog" directory to "pg_xact".Robert Haas
Names containing the letters "log" sometimes confuse users into believing that only non-critical data is present. It is hoped this renaming will discourage ill-considered removals of transaction status data. Michael Paquier Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA+Tgmoa9xFQyjRZupbdEFuwUerFTvC6HjZq1ud6GYragGDFFgA@mail.gmail.com
2017-03-10Revert "Use group updates when setting transaction status in clog."Robert Haas
This reverts commit ccce90b398673d55b0387b3de66639b1b30d451b. This optimization is unsafe, at least, of rollbacks and rollbacks to savepoints, but I'm concerned there may be other problematic cases as well. Therefore, I've decided to revert this pending further investigation.
2017-03-09Use group updates when setting transaction status in clog.Robert Haas
Commit 0e141c0fbb211bdd23783afa731e3eef95c9ad7a introduced a mechanism to reduce contention on ProcArrayLock by having a single process clear XIDs in the procArray on behalf of multiple processes, reducing the need to hand the lock around. Use a similar mechanism to reduce contention on CLogControlLock. Testing shows that this very significantly reduces the amount of time waiting for CLogControlLock on high-concurrency pgbench tests run on a large multi-socket machines; whether that translates into a TPS improvement depends on how much of that contention is simply shifted to some other lock, particularly WALWriteLock. Amit Kapila, with some cosmetic changes by me. Extensively reviewed, tested, and benchmarked over a period of about 15 months by Simon Riggs, Robert Haas, Andres Freund, Jesper Pedersen, and especially by Tomas Vondra and Dilip Kumar. Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CAA4eK1L_snxM_JcrzEstNq9P66++F4kKFce=1r5+D1vzPofdtg@mail.gmail.com Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CAA4eK1LyR2A+m=RBSZ6rcPEwJ=rVi1ADPSndXHZdjn56yqO6Vg@mail.gmail.com Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/91d57161-d3ea-0cc2-6066-80713e4f90d7@2ndquadrant.com
2017-01-03Update copyright via script for 2017Bruce Momjian
2016-04-08Increase maximum number of clog buffers.Andres Freund
Benchmarking has shown that the current number of clog buffers limits scalability. We've previously increased the number in 33aaa139, but that's not sufficient with a large number of clients. We've benchmarked the cost of increasing the limit by benchmarking worst case scenarios; testing showed that 128 buffers don't cause a regression, even in contrived scenarios, whereas 256 does There are a number of more complex patches flying around to address various clog scalability problems, but this is simple enough that we can get it into 9.6; and is beneficial even after those patches have been applied. It is a bit unsatisfactory to increase this in small steps every few releases, but a better solution seems to require a rewrite of slru.c; not something done quickly. Author: Amit Kapila and Andres Freund Discussion: CAA4eK1+-=18HOrdqtLXqOMwZDbC_15WTyHiFruz7BvVArZPaAw@mail.gmail.com
2016-02-02Make all built-in lwlock tranche IDs fixed.Robert Haas
This makes the values more stable, which seems like a good thing for anybody who needs to look at at them. Alexander Korotkov and Amit Kapila
2016-01-02Update copyright for 2016Bruce Momjian
Backpatch certain files through 9.1
2015-11-12Move each SLRU's lwlocks to a separate tranche.Robert Haas
This makes it significantly easier to identify these lwlocks in LWLOCK_STATS or Trace_lwlocks output. It's also arguably better from a modularity standpoint, since lwlock.c no longer needs to know anything about the LWLock needs of the higher-level SLRU facility. Ildus Kurbangaliev, reviewd by Álvaro Herrera and by me.
2015-01-06Update copyright for 2015Bruce Momjian
Backpatch certain files through 9.0
2014-12-03Fix typosAlvaro Herrera
2014-11-20Revamp the WAL record format.Heikki Linnakangas
Each WAL record now carries information about the modified relation and block(s) in a standardized format. That makes it easier to write tools that need that information, like pg_rewind, prefetching the blocks to speed up recovery, etc. There's a whole new API for building WAL records, replacing the XLogRecData chains used previously. The new API consists of XLogRegister* functions, which are called for each buffer and chunk of data that is added to the record. The new API also gives more control over when a full-page image is written, by passing flags to the XLogRegisterBuffer function. This also simplifies the XLogReadBufferForRedo() calls. The function can dig the relation and block number from the WAL record, so they no longer need to be passed as arguments. For the convenience of redo routines, XLogReader now disects each WAL record after reading it, copying the main data part and the per-block data into MAXALIGNed buffers. The data chunks are not aligned within the WAL record, but the redo routines can assume that the pointers returned by XLogRecGet* functions are. Redo routines are now passed the XLogReaderState, which contains the record in the already-disected format, instead of the plain XLogRecord. The new record format also makes the fixed size XLogRecord header smaller, by removing the xl_len field. The length of the "main data" portion is now stored at the end of the WAL record, and there's a separate header after XLogRecord for it. The alignment padding at the end of XLogRecord is also removed. This compansates for the fact that the new format would otherwise be more bulky than the old format. Reviewed by Andres Freund, Amit Kapila, Michael Paquier, Alvaro Herrera, Fujii Masao.
2014-11-06Move the backup-block logic from XLogInsert to a new file, xloginsert.c.Heikki Linnakangas
xlog.c is huge, this makes it a little bit smaller, which is nice. Functions related to putting together the WAL record are in xloginsert.c, and the lower level stuff for managing WAL buffers and such are in xlog.c. Also move the definition of XLogRecord to a separate header file. This causes churn in the #includes of all the files that write WAL records, and redo routines, but it avoids pulling in xlog.h into most places. Reviewed by Michael Paquier, Alvaro Herrera, Andres Freund and Amit Kapila.
2014-05-06pgindent run for 9.4Bruce Momjian
This includes removing tabs after periods in C comments, which was applied to back branches, so this change should not effect backpatching.
2014-01-07Update copyright for 2014Bruce Momjian
Update all files in head, and files COPYRIGHT and legal.sgml in all back branches.
2013-11-22Fix Hot-Standby initialization of clog and subtrans.Heikki Linnakangas
These bugs can cause data loss on standbys started with hot_standby=on at the moment they start to accept read only queries, by marking committed transactions as uncommited. The likelihood of such corruptions is small unless the primary has a high transaction rate. 5a031a5556ff83b8a9646892715d7fef415b83c3 fixed bugs in HS's startup logic by maintaining less state until at least STANDBY_SNAPSHOT_PENDING state was reached, missing the fact that both clog and subtrans are written to before that. This only failed to fail in common cases because the usage of ExtendCLOG in procarray.c was superflous since clog extensions are actually WAL logged. f44eedc3f0f347a856eea8590730769125964597/I then tried to fix the missing extensions of pg_subtrans due to the former commit's changes - which are not WAL logged - by performing the extensions when switching to a state > STANDBY_INITIALIZED and not performing xid assignments before that - again missing the fact that ExtendCLOG is unneccessary - but screwed up twice: Once because latestObservedXid wasn't updated anymore in that state due to the earlier commit and once by having an off-by-one error in the loop performing extensions. This means that whenever a CLOG_XACTS_PER_PAGE (32768 with default settings) boundary was crossed between the start of the checkpoint recovery started from and the first xl_running_xact record old transactions commit bits in pg_clog could be overwritten if they started and committed in that window. Fix this mess by not performing ExtendCLOG() in HS at all anymore since it's unneeded and evidently dangerous and by performing subtrans extensions even before reaching STANDBY_SNAPSHOT_PENDING. Analysis and patch by Andres Freund. Reported by Christophe Pettus. Backpatch down to 9.0, like the previous commit that caused this.
2013-01-01Update copyrights for 2013Bruce Momjian
Fully update git head, and update back branches in ./COPYRIGHT and legal.sgml files.
2012-12-28Remove obsolete XLogRecPtr macrosAlvaro Herrera
This gets rid of XLByteLT, XLByteLE, XLByteEQ and XLByteAdvance. These were useful for brevity when XLogRecPtrs were split in xlogid/xrecoff; but now that they are simple uint64's, they are just clutter. The only downside to making this change would be ease of backporting patches, but that has been negated by other substantive changes to the involved code anyway. The clarity of simpler expressions makes the change worthwhile. Most of the changes are mechanical, but in a couple of places, the patch author chose to invert the operator sense, making the code flow more logical (and more in line with preceding comments). Author: Andres Freund Eyeballed by Dimitri Fontaine and Alvaro Herrera
2012-11-28Split out rmgr rm_desc functions into their own filesAlvaro Herrera
This is necessary (but not sufficient) to have them compilable outside of a backend environment.
2012-06-10Run pgindent on 9.2 source tree in preparation for first 9.3Bruce Momjian
commit-fest.
2012-01-29Assorted comment fixes, mostly just typos, but some obsolete statements.Tom Lane
YAMAMOTO Takashi
2012-01-06Make the number of CLOG buffers adaptive, based on shared_buffers.Robert Haas
Previously, this was hardcoded: we always had 8. Performance testing shows that isn't enough, especially on big SMP systems, so we allow it to scale up as high as 32 when there's adequate memory. On the flip side, when shared_buffers is very small, drop the number of CLOG buffers down to as little as 4, so that we can start the postmaster even when very little shared memory is available. Per extensive discussion with Simon Riggs, Tom Lane, and others on pgsql-hackers.
2012-01-01Update copyright notices for year 2012.Bruce Momjian
2011-11-02Fix timing of Startup CLOG and MultiXact during Hot StandbySimon Riggs
Patch by me, bug report by Chris Redekop, analysis by Florian Pflug
2011-10-04Use callbacks in SlruScanDirectory for the actual actionAlvaro Herrera
Previously, the code assumed that the only possible action to take was to delete files behind a certain cutoff point. The async notify code was already a crock: it used a different "pagePrecedes" function for truncation than for regular operation. By allowing it to pass a callback to SlruScanDirectory it can do cleanly exactly what it needs to do. The clog.c code also had its own use for SlruScanDirectory, which is made a bit simpler with this.
2011-09-01Remove unnecessary #include references, per pgrminclude script.Bruce Momjian
2011-05-12Fix assorted typosAlvaro Herrera
2011-01-01Stamp copyrights for year 2011.Bruce Momjian
2010-12-30Avoid unnecessary public struct declaration in slru.hAlvaro Herrera
Instead, declare a public wrapper of the sole function using it for external callers, so that they don't have to always pass a NULL argument. Author: Kevin Grittner
2010-09-20Remove cvs keywords from all files.Magnus Hagander
2010-01-02Update copyright for the year 2010.Bruce Momjian
2009-12-19Allow read only connections during recovery, known as Hot Standby.Simon Riggs
Enabled by recovery_connections = on (default) and forcing archive recovery using a recovery.conf. Recovery processing now emulates the original transactions as they are replayed, providing full locking and MVCC behaviour for read only queries. Recovery must enter consistent state before connections are allowed, so there is a delay, typically short, before connections succeed. Replay of recovering transactions can conflict and in some cases deadlock with queries during recovery; these result in query cancellation after max_standby_delay seconds have expired. Infrastructure changes have minor effects on normal running, though introduce four new types of WAL record. New test mode "make standbycheck" allows regression tests of static command behaviour on a standby server while in recovery. Typical and extreme dynamic behaviours have been checked via code inspection and manual testing. Few port specific behaviours have been utilised, though primary testing has been on Linux only so far. This commit is the basic patch. Additional changes will follow in this release to enhance some aspects of behaviour, notably improved handling of conflicts, deadlock detection and query cancellation. Changes to VACUUM FULL are also required. Simon Riggs, with significant and lengthy review by Heikki Linnakangas, including streamlined redesign of snapshot creation and two-phase commit. Important contributions from Florian Pflug, Mark Kirkwood, Merlin Moncure, Greg Stark, Gianni Ciolli, Gabriele Bartolini, Hannu Krosing, Robert Haas, Tatsuo Ishii, Hiroyuki Yamada plus support and feedback from many other community members.
2009-06-118.4 pgindent run, with new combined Linux/FreeBSD/MinGW typedef listBruce Momjian
provided by Andrew.
2009-01-20Add a new option to RestoreBkpBlocks() to indicate if a cleanup lock shouldHeikki Linnakangas
be used instead of the normal exclusive lock, and make WAL redo functions responsible for calling RestoreBkpBlocks(). They know better what kind of a lock they need. At the moment, this just moves things around with no functional change, but makes the hot standby patch that's under review cleaner.
2009-01-01Update copyright for 2009.Bruce Momjian
2008-11-03Fix silly typo in previous commit.Alvaro Herrera
2008-11-03Fix TransactionIdSetStatusBit so that it doesn't try to change a transactionAlvaro Herrera
from COMMITTED to SUBCOMMITTED during recovery. This wasn't previously possible, but it is now due to the recent changes on clog commit protocol for subtransactions. Simon Riggs
2008-10-20Rework subtransaction commit protocol for hot standby.Alvaro Herrera
This patch eliminates the marking of subtransactions as SUBCOMMITTED in pg_clog during their commit; instead they remain in-progress until main transaction commit. At main transaction commit, the commit protocol is atomic-by-page instead of one transaction at a time. To avoid a race condition with some subtransactions appearing committed before others in the case where they span more than one pg_clog page, we conserve the logic that marks them subcommitted before marking the parent committed. Simon Riggs with minor help from me
2008-08-01Add a few more DTrace probes to the backend.Alvaro Herrera
Robert Lor
2008-01-01Update copyrights in source tree to 2008.Bruce Momjian
2007-11-15pgindent run for 8.3.Bruce Momjian
2007-09-05Implement lazy XID allocation: transactions that do not modify any databaseTom Lane
rows will normally never obtain an XID at all. We already did things this way for subtransactions, but this patch extends the concept to top-level transactions. In applications where there are lots of short read-only transactions, this should improve performance noticeably; not so much from removal of the actual XID-assignments, as from reduction of overhead that's driven by the rate of XID consumption. We add a concept of a "virtual transaction ID" so that active transactions can be uniquely identified even if they don't have a regular XID. This is a much lighter-weight concept: uniqueness of VXIDs is only guaranteed over the short term, and no on-disk record is made about them. Florian Pflug, with some editorialization by Tom.
2007-08-01Support an optional asynchronous commit mode, in which we don't flush WALTom Lane
before reporting a transaction committed. Data consistency is still guaranteed (unlike setting fsync = off), but a crash may lose the effects of the last few transactions. Patch by Simon, some editorialization by Tom.
2007-01-05Update CVS HEAD for 2007 copyright. Back branches are typically notBruce Momjian
back-stamped for this.
2006-11-05Fix recently-understood problems with handling of XID freezing, particularlyTom Lane
in PITR scenarios. We now WAL-log the replacement of old XIDs with FrozenTransactionId, so that such replacement is guaranteed to propagate to PITR slave databases. Also, rather than relying on hint-bit updates to be preserved, pg_clog is not truncated until all instances of an XID are known to have been replaced by FrozenTransactionId. Add new GUC variables and pg_autovacuum columns to allow management of the freezing policy, so that users can trade off the size of pg_clog against the amount of freezing work done. Revise the already-existing code that forces autovacuum of tables approaching the wraparound point to make it more bulletproof; also, revise the autovacuum logic so that anti-wraparound vacuuming is done per-table rather than per-database. initdb forced because of changes in pg_class, pg_database, and pg_autovacuum catalogs. Heikki Linnakangas, Simon Riggs, and Tom Lane.
2006-10-04pgindent run for 8.2.Bruce Momjian
2006-07-13Allow include files to compile own their own.Bruce Momjian
Strip unused include files out unused include files, and add needed includes to C files. The next step is to remove unused include files in C files.
2006-03-24Arrange to emit a description of the current XLOG record as error contextTom Lane
when an error occurs during xlog replay. Also, replace the former risky 'write into a fixed-size buffer with no overflow detection' API for XLOG record description routines; use an expansible StringInfo instead. (The latter accounts for most of the patch bulk.) Qingqing Zhou
2006-03-05Update copyright for 2006. Update scripts.Bruce Momjian
2005-12-06Get rid of slru.c's hardwired insistence on a fixed number of slots perTom Lane
SLRU area. The number of slots is still a compile-time constant (someday we might want to change that), but at least it's a different constant for each SLRU area. Increase number of subtrans buffers to 32 based on experimentation with a heavily subtrans-bashing test case, and increase number of multixact member buffers to 16, since it's obviously silly for it not to be at least twice the number of multixact offset buffers.
2005-12-06Arrange for read-only accesses to SLRU page buffers to take only a sharedTom Lane
lock, not exclusive, if the desired page is already in memory. This can be demonstrated to be a significant win on the pg_subtrans cache when there is a large window of open transactions. It should be useful for pg_clog as well. I didn't try to make GetMultiXactIdMembers() use the code, as that would have taken some restructuring, and what with the local cache for multixact contents it probably wouldn't really make a difference. Per my recent proposal.