Now that we've rearranged relation open to get a lock before touching

the rel, it's easy to get rid of the narrow race-condition window that
used to exist in VACUUM and CLUSTER.  Did some minor code-beautification
work in the same area, too.

src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c,v 1.218 2006/07/31 20:08:59 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c,v 1.219 2006/08/18 16:09:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *
  * INTERFACE ROUTINES
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "utils/inval.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 
 
 static XLogRecPtr log_heap_update(Relation reln, Buffer oldbuf,
@@ -702,14 +703,56 @@ relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 }
 
 /* ----------------
- *		conditional_relation_open - open with option not to wait
+ *		try_relation_open - open any relation by relation OID
  *
- *		As above, but if nowait is true, then throw an error rather than
- *		waiting when the lock is not immediately obtainable.
+ *		Same as relation_open, except return NULL instead of failing
+ *		if the relation does not exist.
  * ----------------
  */
 Relation
-conditional_relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait)
+try_relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode)
+{
+	Relation	r;
+
+	Assert(lockmode >= NoLock && lockmode < MAX_LOCKMODES);
+
+	/* Get the lock first */
+	if (lockmode != NoLock)
+		LockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode);
+
+	/*
+	 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+	 * exists or not.
+	 */
+	if (!SearchSysCacheExists(RELOID,
+							  ObjectIdGetDatum(relationId),
+							  0, 0, 0))
+	{
+		/* Release useless lock */
+		if (lockmode != NoLock)
+			UnlockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode);
+
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Should be safe to do a relcache load */
+	r = RelationIdGetRelation(relationId);
+
+	if (!RelationIsValid(r))
+		elog(ERROR, "could not open relation with OID %u", relationId);
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+/* ----------------
+ *		relation_open_nowait - open but don't wait for lock
+ *
+ *		Same as relation_open, except throw an error instead of waiting
+ *		when the requested lock is not immediately obtainable.
+ * ----------------
+ */
+Relation
+relation_open_nowait(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 {
 	Relation	r;
 
@@ -718,27 +761,22 @@ conditional_relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait)
 	/* Get the lock before trying to open the relcache entry */
 	if (lockmode != NoLock)
 	{
-		if (nowait)
+		if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode))
 		{
-			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode))
-			{
-				/* try to throw error by name; relation could be deleted... */
-				char   *relname = get_rel_name(relationId);
-
-				if (relname)
-					ereport(ERROR,
-							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-							 errmsg("could not obtain lock on relation \"%s\"",
-									relname)));
-				else
-					ereport(ERROR,
-							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-							 errmsg("could not obtain lock on relation with OID %u",
-									relationId)));
-			}
+			/* try to throw error by name; relation could be deleted... */
+			char   *relname = get_rel_name(relationId);
+
+			if (relname)
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+						 errmsg("could not obtain lock on relation \"%s\"",
+								relname)));
+			else
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+						 errmsg("could not obtain lock on relation with OID %u",
+								relationId)));
 		}
-		else
-			LockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode);
 	}
 
 	/* The relcache does all the real work... */
@@ -753,7 +791,7 @@ conditional_relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait)
 /* ----------------
  *		relation_openrv - open any relation specified by a RangeVar
  *
- *		As above, but the relation is specified by a RangeVar.
+ *		Same as relation_open, but the relation is specified by a RangeVar.
  * ----------------
  */
 Relation

src/backend/commands/analyze.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/analyze.c,v 1.96 2006/07/14 14:52:18 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/analyze.c,v 1.97 2006/08/18 16:09:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -129,20 +129,16 @@ analyze_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt)
 	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 
 	/*
-	 * Race condition -- if the pg_class tuple has gone away since the last
-	 * time we saw it, we don't need to process it.
+	 * Open the relation, getting only a read lock on it.  If the rel has
+	 * been dropped since we last saw it, we don't need to process it.
 	 */
-	if (!SearchSysCacheExists(RELOID,
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
-							  0, 0, 0))
+	onerel = try_relation_open(relid, AccessShareLock);
+	if (!onerel)
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * Open the class, getting only a read lock on it, and check permissions.
-	 * Permissions check should match vacuum's check!
+	 * Check permissions --- this should match vacuum's check!
 	 */
-	onerel = relation_open(relid, AccessShareLock);
-
 	if (!(pg_class_ownercheck(RelationGetRelid(onerel), GetUserId()) ||
 		  (pg_database_ownercheck(MyDatabaseId, GetUserId()) && !onerel->rd_rel->relisshared)))
 	{

src/backend/commands/cluster.c

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/cluster.c,v 1.152 2006/07/31 20:09:00 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/cluster.c,v 1.153 2006/08/18 16:09:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -239,6 +239,18 @@ cluster_rel(RelToCluster *rvtc, bool recheck)
 	/* Check for user-requested abort. */
 	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 
+	/*
+	 * We grab exclusive access to the target rel and index for the duration
+	 * of the transaction.	(This is redundant for the single-transaction
+	 * case, since cluster() already did it.)  The index lock is taken inside
+	 * check_index_is_clusterable.
+	 */
+	OldHeap = try_relation_open(rvtc->tableOid, AccessExclusiveLock);
+
+	/* If the table has gone away, we can skip processing it */
+	if (!OldHeap)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Since we may open a new transaction for each relation, we have to check
 	 * that the relation still is what we think it is.
@@ -252,20 +264,23 @@ cluster_rel(RelToCluster *rvtc, bool recheck)
 		HeapTuple	tuple;
 		Form_pg_index indexForm;
 
+		/* Check that the user still owns the relation */
+		if (!pg_class_ownercheck(rvtc->tableOid, GetUserId()))
+		{
+			relation_close(OldHeap, AccessExclusiveLock);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		/*
-		 * Check if the relation and index still exist before opening them
+		 * Check that the index still exists
 		 */
 		if (!SearchSysCacheExists(RELOID,
-								  ObjectIdGetDatum(rvtc->tableOid),
-								  0, 0, 0) ||
-			!SearchSysCacheExists(RELOID,
 								  ObjectIdGetDatum(rvtc->indexOid),
 								  0, 0, 0))
+		{
+			relation_close(OldHeap, AccessExclusiveLock);
 			return;
-
-		/* Check that the user still owns the relation */
-		if (!pg_class_ownercheck(rvtc->tableOid, GetUserId()))
-			return;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Check that the index is still the one with indisclustered set.
@@ -273,25 +288,21 @@ cluster_rel(RelToCluster *rvtc, bool recheck)
 		tuple = SearchSysCache(INDEXRELID,
 							   ObjectIdGetDatum(rvtc->indexOid),
 							   0, 0, 0);
-		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tuple))
-			return;				/* could have gone away... */
+		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tuple))		/* probably can't happen */
+		{
+			relation_close(OldHeap, AccessExclusiveLock);
+			return;
+		}
 		indexForm = (Form_pg_index) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
 		if (!indexForm->indisclustered)
 		{
 			ReleaseSysCache(tuple);
+			relation_close(OldHeap, AccessExclusiveLock);
 			return;
 		}
 		ReleaseSysCache(tuple);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * We grab exclusive access to the target rel and index for the duration
-	 * of the transaction.	(This is redundant for the single- transaction
-	 * case, since cluster() already did it.)  The index lock is taken inside
-	 * check_index_is_clusterable.
-	 */
-	OldHeap = heap_open(rvtc->tableOid, AccessExclusiveLock);
-
 	/* Check index is valid to cluster on */
 	check_index_is_clusterable(OldHeap, rvtc->indexOid, recheck);
 

src/backend/commands/lockcmds.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/lockcmds.c,v 1.14 2006/03/05 15:58:24 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/lockcmds.c,v 1.15 2006/08/18 16:09:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ LockTableCommand(LockStmt *lockstmt)
 			aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_CLASS,
 						   get_rel_name(reloid));
 
-		rel = conditional_relation_open(reloid, lockstmt->mode, lockstmt->nowait);
+		if (lockstmt->nowait)
+			rel = relation_open_nowait(reloid, lockstmt->mode);
+		else
+			rel = relation_open(reloid, lockstmt->mode);
 
 		/* Currently, we only allow plain tables to be locked */
 		if (rel->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_RELATION)

src/backend/commands/vacuum.c

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.337 2006/07/31 20:09:00 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.338 2006/08/18 16:09:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1041,31 +1041,12 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 		MyProc->inVacuum = true;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Tell the cache replacement strategy that vacuum is causing all
-	 * following IO
-	 */
-	StrategyHintVacuum(true);
-
 	/*
 	 * Check for user-requested abort.	Note we want this to be inside a
 	 * transaction, so xact.c doesn't issue useless WARNING.
 	 */
 	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 
-	/*
-	 * Race condition -- if the pg_class tuple has gone away since the last
-	 * time we saw it, we don't need to vacuum it.
-	 */
-	if (!SearchSysCacheExists(RELOID,
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
-							  0, 0, 0))
-	{
-		StrategyHintVacuum(false);
-		CommitTransactionCommand();
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Determine the type of lock we want --- hard exclusive lock for a FULL
 	 * vacuum, but just ShareUpdateExclusiveLock for concurrent vacuum. Either
@@ -1074,7 +1055,21 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 	lmode = vacstmt->full ? AccessExclusiveLock : ShareUpdateExclusiveLock;
 
 	/*
-	 * Open the class, get an appropriate lock on it, and check permissions.
+	 * Open the relation and get the appropriate lock on it.
+	 *
+	 * There's a race condition here: the rel may have gone away since
+	 * the last time we saw it.  If so, we don't need to vacuum it.
+	 */
+	onerel = try_relation_open(relid, lmode);
+
+	if (!onerel)
+	{
+		CommitTransactionCommand();
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Check permissions.
 	 *
 	 * We allow the user to vacuum a table if he is superuser, the table
 	 * owner, or the database owner (but in the latter case, only if it's not
@@ -1083,8 +1078,6 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 	 * Note we choose to treat permissions failure as a WARNING and keep
 	 * trying to vacuum the rest of the DB --- is this appropriate?
 	 */
-	onerel = relation_open(relid, lmode);
-
 	if (!(pg_class_ownercheck(RelationGetRelid(onerel), GetUserId()) ||
 		  (pg_database_ownercheck(MyDatabaseId, GetUserId()) && !onerel->rd_rel->relisshared)))
 	{
@@ -1092,7 +1085,6 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 				(errmsg("skipping \"%s\" --- only table or database owner can vacuum it",
 						RelationGetRelationName(onerel))));
 		relation_close(onerel, lmode);
-		StrategyHintVacuum(false);
 		CommitTransactionCommand();
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1107,7 +1099,6 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 				(errmsg("skipping \"%s\" --- cannot vacuum indexes, views, or special system tables",
 						RelationGetRelationName(onerel))));
 		relation_close(onerel, lmode);
-		StrategyHintVacuum(false);
 		CommitTransactionCommand();
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1122,7 +1113,6 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 	if (isOtherTempNamespace(RelationGetNamespace(onerel)))
 	{
 		relation_close(onerel, lmode);
-		StrategyHintVacuum(false);
 		CommitTransactionCommand();
 		return;			/* assume no long-lived data in temp tables */
 	}
@@ -1145,6 +1135,12 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 	 */
 	toast_relid = onerel->rd_rel->reltoastrelid;
 
+	/*
+	 * Tell the cache replacement strategy that vacuum is causing all
+	 * following IO
+	 */
+	StrategyHintVacuum(true);
+
 	/*
 	 * Do the actual work --- either FULL or "lazy" vacuum
 	 */
@@ -1153,13 +1149,14 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, VacuumStmt *vacstmt, char expected_relkind)
 	else
 		lazy_vacuum_rel(onerel, vacstmt);
 
+	StrategyHintVacuum(false);
+
 	/* all done with this class, but hold lock until commit */
 	relation_close(onerel, NoLock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Complete the transaction and free all temporary memory used.
 	 */
-	StrategyHintVacuum(false);
 	CommitTransactionCommand();
 
 	/*

src/backend/storage/lmgr/lmgr.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lmgr.c,v 1.86 2006/07/31 20:09:05 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lmgr.c,v 1.87 2006/08/18 16:09:09 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ ConditionalLockRelationOid(Oid relid, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 /*
  *		UnlockRelationId
  *
- * Note: we don't supply UnlockRelationOid since it's normally easy for
- * callers to provide the LockRelId info from a relcache entry.
+ * Unlock, given a LockRelId.  This is preferred over UnlockRelationOid
+ * for speed reasons.
  */
 void
 UnlockRelationId(LockRelId *relid, LOCKMODE lockmode)
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ UnlockRelationId(LockRelId *relid, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 	LockRelease(&tag, lockmode, false);
 }
 
+/*
+ *		UnlockRelationOid
+ *
+ * Unlock, given only a relation Oid.  Use UnlockRelationId if you can.
+ */
+void
+UnlockRelationOid(Oid relid, LOCKMODE lockmode)
+{
+	LOCKTAG		tag;
+
+	SetLocktagRelationOid(&tag, relid);
+
+	LockRelease(&tag, lockmode, false);
+}
+
 /*
  *		LockRelation
  *

src/include/access/heapam.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/heapam.h,v 1.114 2006/07/03 22:45:39 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/heapam.h,v 1.115 2006/08/18 16:09:10 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ typedef enum
 } LockTupleMode;
 
 extern Relation relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode);
-extern Relation conditional_relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait);
+extern Relation try_relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode);
+extern Relation relation_open_nowait(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 extern Relation relation_openrv(const RangeVar *relation, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 extern void relation_close(Relation relation, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 

src/include/storage/lmgr.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/lmgr.h,v 1.55 2006/07/31 20:09:05 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/lmgr.h,v 1.56 2006/08/18 16:09:13 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern void RelationInitLockInfo(Relation relation);
 extern void LockRelationOid(Oid relid, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 extern bool ConditionalLockRelationOid(Oid relid, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 extern void UnlockRelationId(LockRelId *relid, LOCKMODE lockmode);
+extern void UnlockRelationOid(Oid relid, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 
 extern void LockRelation(Relation relation, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 extern bool ConditionalLockRelation(Relation relation, LOCKMODE lockmode);