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    Fix tuple_data_split() to not open a relation without any lock. · b66827ca
    Tom Lane authored
    contrib/pageinspect's tuple_data_split() function thought it could get
    away with opening the referenced relation with NoLock.  In practice
    there's no guarantee that the current session holds any lock on that
    rel (even if we just read a page from it), so that this is unsafe.
    
    Switch to using AccessShareLock.  Also, postpone closing the relation,
    so that we needn't copy its tupdesc.  Also, fix unsafe use of
    att_isnull() for attributes past the end of the tuple.
    
    Per testing with a patch that complains if we open a relation without
    holding any lock on it.  I don't plan to back-patch that patch, but we
    should close the holes it identifies in all supported branches.
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/2038.1538335244@sss.pgh.pa.us
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