Add basic infrastructure for 64 bit transaction IDs.
Instead of inferring epoch progress from xids and checkpoints, introduce a 64 bit FullTransactionId type and use it to track xid generation. This fixes an unlikely bug where the epoch is reported incorrectly if the range of active xids wraps around more than once between checkpoints. The only user-visible effect of this commit is to correct the epoch used by txid_current() and txid_status(), also visible with pg_controldata, in those rare circumstances. It also creates some basic infrastructure so that later patches can use 64 bit transaction IDs in more places. The new type is a struct that we pass by value, as a form of strong typedef. This prevents the sort of accidental confusion between TransactionId and FullTransactionId that would be possible if we were to use a plain old uint64. Author: Thomas Munro Reported-by: Amit Kapila Reviewed-by: Andres Freund, Tom Lane, Heikki Linnakangas Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAA4eK1%2BMv%2Bmb0HFfWM9Srtc6MVe160WFurXV68iAFMcagRZ0dQ%40mail.gmail.com
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