Test that vacuum removes tuples older than OldestXmin
authorMelanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:18:22 +0000 (10:18 -0400)
committerMelanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:04:11 +0000 (12:04 -0400)
commitaa607980aee08416211f003ab41aa750f5559712
tree1b8bb952b58611168469cb7a7ff7c12d68706400
parent83c39a1f7f3f507058d5bc9f121a42a1a2494180
Test that vacuum removes tuples older than OldestXmin

If vacuum fails to prune a tuple killed before OldestXmin, it will
decide to freeze its xmax and later error out in pre-freeze checks.

Add a test reproducing this scenario to the recovery suite which creates
a table on a primary, updates the table to generate dead tuples for
vacuum, and then, during the vacuum, uses a replica to force
GlobalVisState->maybe_needed on the primary to move backwards and
precede the value of OldestXmin set at the beginning of vacuuming the
table.

This commit is separate from the fix in case there are test stability
issues.

Author: Melanie Plageman
Reviewed-by: Peter Geoghegan
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_apNU2MPBK96V%2BbXjTq0RiZ-%3DA4ZTaysakpx9jxbq1dbQ%40mail.gmail.com
src/test/recovery/meson.build
src/test/recovery/t/043_vacuum_horizon_floor.pl [new file with mode: 0644]