Commit ed962fd7 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Ensure that seqscans check for interrupts at least once per page.

If a seqscan encounters many consecutive pages containing only dead tuples,
it can remain in the loop in heapgettup for a long time, and there was no
CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS anywhere in that loop.  This meant there were
real-world situations where a query would be effectively uncancelable for
long stretches.  Add a check placed to occur once per page, which should be
enough to provide reasonable response time without adding any measurable
overhead.

Report and patch by Merlin Moncure (though I tweaked it a bit).
Back-patch to all supported branches.
parent 92a953fb
......@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ heapgetpage(HeapScanDesc scan, BlockNumber page)
scan->rs_cbuf = InvalidBuffer;
}
/*
* Be sure to check for interrupts at least once per page. Checks at
* higher code levels won't be able to stop a seqscan that encounters
* many pages' worth of consecutive dead tuples.
*/
CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
/* read page using selected strategy */
scan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(scan->rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM, page,
RBM_NORMAL, scan->rs_strategy);
......
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