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* Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table
@ 2018-09-18 10:32 Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
  2018-09-19 02:53 ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
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From: Adrien NAYRAT @ 2018-09-18 10:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: [email protected]

Hello,

A few days ago I was surprised a CREATE TABLE containing FK constraint 
was stuck due to an automatic vacuum freeze (which took 
ShareUpdateExclusiveLock if I remember) on referenced table.

After digging into the code I found theses lines in tablecmds.c :


/*
  * Grab ShareRowExclusiveLock on the pk table, so that someone doesn't
  * delete rows out from under us.
  */


Maybe it should be documented in theses pages?

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createtable.html
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-altertable.html

If you agree I can send a patch.

Regards,




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* Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table
  2018-09-18 10:32 Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
@ 2018-09-19 02:53 ` Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
  2018-09-20 06:23   ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien Nayrat <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread

From: Michael Paquier @ 2018-09-19 02:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>; +Cc: [email protected]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:32:54PM +0200, Adrien NAYRAT wrote:
> A few days ago I was surprised a CREATE TABLE containing FK constraint was
> stuck due to an automatic vacuum freeze (which took ShareUpdateExclusiveLock
> if I remember) on referenced table.

Right.  See the top of vacuum_rel() where lmode is set.

> After digging into the code I found theses lines in tablecmds.c :
> 
> /*
>  * Grab ShareRowExclusiveLock on the pk table, so that someone doesn't
>  * delete rows out from under us.
>  */
> 
> Maybe it should be documented in theses pages?
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createtable.html
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-altertable.html
> 
> If you agree I can send a patch.

That looks like a good idea.  Are you thinking about adding a comment
about that in "ADD table_constraint" for the ALTER TABLE page, and in
"FOREIGN KEY" for the CREATE TABLE page?
--
Michael


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* Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table
  2018-09-18 10:32 Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
  2018-09-19 02:53 ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
@ 2018-09-20 06:23   ` Adrien Nayrat <[email protected]>
  2018-09-21 06:13     ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
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From: Adrien Nayrat @ 2018-09-20 06:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>; +Cc: [email protected]

On 9/19/18 4:53 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:32:54PM +0200, Adrien NAYRAT wrote:
>> A few days ago I was surprised a CREATE TABLE containing FK constraint was
>> stuck due to an automatic vacuum freeze (which took ShareUpdateExclusiveLock
>> if I remember) on referenced table.
> 
> Right.  See the top of vacuum_rel() where lmode is set.
> 
>> After digging into the code I found theses lines in tablecmds.c :
>>
>> /*
>>  * Grab ShareRowExclusiveLock on the pk table, so that someone doesn't
>>  * delete rows out from under us.
>>  */
>>
>> Maybe it should be documented in theses pages?
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createtable.html
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-altertable.html
>>
>> If you agree I can send a patch.
> 
> That looks like a good idea.  Are you thinking about adding a comment
> about that in "ADD table_constraint" for the ALTER TABLE page, and in
> "FOREIGN KEY" for the CREATE TABLE page?

Yes, here is the patch

Thanks


-- 
Adrien



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diff --combined doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 1e4a327327,ec6b4c3311..0000000000
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@@ -377,11 -377,6 +377,11 @@@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="para
        are added to partitioned tables; see <xref linkend="sql-createtable" />.
       </para>
  
 +     <para>
 +     Adding a foreign key requires taking a <literal>SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE<literal>
 +     lock on the referenced table.
 +     </para>
 +
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
  
diff --combined doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index a974bea6b1,5a19f94ce9..0000000000
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@@ -993,8 -993,6 +993,8 @@@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="para
        unique or primary key constraint in the referenced table.  The user
        must have <literal>REFERENCES</literal> permission on the referenced table
        (either the whole table, or the specific referenced columns).
 +      Addding a foreign key constraint requires taking a <literal>SHARE ROW
 +      EXCLUSIVE <literal> lock on the referenced table.
        Note that foreign key constraints cannot be defined between temporary
        tables and permanent tables.  Also note that while it is possible to
        define a foreign key on a partitioned table, it is not possible to


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* Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table
  2018-09-18 10:32 Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
  2018-09-19 02:53 ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
  2018-09-20 06:23   ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien Nayrat <[email protected]>
@ 2018-09-21 06:13     ` Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
  2018-09-21 07:09       ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
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From: Michael Paquier @ 2018-09-21 06:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Adrien Nayrat <[email protected]>; +Cc: [email protected]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:23:45AM +0200, Adrien Nayrat wrote:
> Yes, here is the patch.

Thanks Adrien.  I have reworded a bit the thing, fixed a typo, and
pushed down to v11 where this applied without conflicts.
--
Michael


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* Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table
  2018-09-18 10:32 Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
  2018-09-19 02:53 ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
  2018-09-20 06:23   ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien Nayrat <[email protected]>
  2018-09-21 06:13     ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
@ 2018-09-21 07:09       ` Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
  2018-09-21 08:49         ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
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From: Adrien NAYRAT @ 2018-09-21 07:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>; +Cc: [email protected]

On 9/21/18 8:13 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:23:45AM +0200, Adrien Nayrat wrote:
>> Yes, here is the patch.
> 
> Thanks Adrien.  I have reworded a bit the thing, fixed a typo, and
> pushed down to v11 where this applied without conflicts.

thanks! As it could happen even on previous version, should we backpatch 
for the documentation?




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* Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table
  2018-09-18 10:32 Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
  2018-09-19 02:53 ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
  2018-09-20 06:23   ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien Nayrat <[email protected]>
  2018-09-21 06:13     ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
  2018-09-21 07:09       ` Re: Mention FK creation take ShareRowExclusiveLock on referenced table Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>
@ 2018-09-21 08:49         ` Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
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From: Michael Paquier @ 2018-09-21 08:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Adrien NAYRAT <[email protected]>; +Cc: [email protected]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 09:09:36AM +0200, Adrien NAYRAT wrote:
> Thanks! As it could happen even on previous version, should we
> backpatch for the documentation?

I have patched HEAD, and then down until conflicts happened, which is
v10, thinking about it as a documentation improvement.  The behavior
exists for ages, so I have not bothered much...
--
Michael


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