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@theory theory force-pushed the string-lax-array branch 3 times, most recently from 62fd286 to ba0d5ae Compare June 15, 2024 14:56
All other jsonpath methods, aside from type() and .size(), will unwrap
an array in lax mode, but string(), added in 66ea94e, overlooked this
behavior. A discussion on pgsql-hackers[1] cites the SQL standard:

> General Rule 11 g ii 6) A) says just "if MODE is lax and <JSON method>
> is not type or size, then let BASE be Unwrap(BASE)." No special
> exemption there for string(), nor further below at C) XV) for the
> operation of string().

So teach string() to also unwrap in lax mode, update the test for this
behavior, and add a line to the docs about the behavior of methods in
lax mode.

  [1]: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/A64AE04F-4410-42B7-A141-7A7349260F4D%40justatheory.com

Signed-off-by: David E. Wheeler <[email protected]>
@theory theory force-pushed the string-lax-array branch from ba0d5ae to eaaa529 Compare June 17, 2024 13:56
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Merged in 653d396.

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1. TruncateMultiXact() performs the SLRU truncations in a critical
section. Deleting the SLRU segments calls ForwardSyncRequest(), which
will try to compact the request queue if it's full
(CompactCheckpointerRequestQueue()). That in turn allocates memory,
which is not allowed in a critical section. Backtrace:

    TRAP: failed Assert("CritSectionCount == 0 || (context)->allowInCritSection"), File: "../src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c", Line: 1353, PID: 920981
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(ExceptionalCondition+0x6e)[0x560a501e866e]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(+0x5dce3d)[0x560a50217e3d]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(ForwardSyncRequest+0x8e)[0x560a4ffec95e]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(RegisterSyncRequest+0x2b)[0x560a50091eeb]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(+0x187b0a)[0x560a4fdc2b0a]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(SlruDeleteSegment+0x101)[0x560a4fdc2ab1]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(TruncateMultiXact+0x2fb)[0x560a4fdbde1b]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(vac_update_datfrozenxid+0x4b3)[0x560a4febd2f3]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(+0x3adf66)[0x560a4ffe8f66]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(AutoVacWorkerMain+0x3ed)[0x560a4ffe7c2d]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(+0x3b1ead)[0x560a4ffecead]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(+0x3b620e)[0x560a4fff120e]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(+0x3b3fbb)[0x560a4ffeefbb]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(+0x2f724e)[0x560a4ff3224e]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x27c8a)[0x7f62cc642c8a]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x85)[0x7f62cc642d45]
    postgres: autovacuum worker template0(_start+0x21)[0x560a4fd16f31]

To fix, bail out in CompactCheckpointerRequestQueue() without doing
anything, if it's called in a critical section. That covers the above
call path, as well as any other similar cases where
RegisterSyncRequest might be called in a critical section.

2. After fixing that, another problem became apparent: Autovacuum
process doing that truncation can deadlock with the checkpointer
process. TruncateMultiXact() sets "MyProc->delayChkptFlags |=
DELAY_CHKPT_START". If the sync request queue is full and cannot be
compacted, the process will repeatedly sleep and retry, until there is
room in the queue. However, if the checkpointer is trying to start a
checkpoint at the same time, and is waiting for the DELAY_CHKPT_START
processes to finish, the queue will never shrink.

More concretely, the autovacuum process is stuck here:

    #0  0x00007fc934926dc3 in epoll_wait () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
    #1  0x000056220b24348b in WaitEventSetWaitBlock (set=0x56220c2e4b50, occurred_events=0x7ffe7856d040, nevents=1, cur_timeout=<optimized out>) at ../src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c:1570
    #2  WaitEventSetWait (set=0x56220c2e4b50, timeout=timeout@entry=10, occurred_events=<optimized out>, occurred_events@entry=0x7ffe7856d040, nevents=nevents@entry=1,
        wait_event_info=wait_event_info@entry=150994949) at ../src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c:1516
    #3  0x000056220b243224 in WaitLatch (latch=<optimized out>, latch@entry=0x0, wakeEvents=wakeEvents@entry=40, timeout=timeout@entry=10, wait_event_info=wait_event_info@entry=150994949)
        at ../src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c:538
    #4  0x000056220b26cf46 in RegisterSyncRequest (ftag=ftag@entry=0x7ffe7856d0a0, type=type@entry=SYNC_FORGET_REQUEST, retryOnError=true) at ../src/backend/storage/sync/sync.c:614
    #5  0x000056220af9db0a in SlruInternalDeleteSegment (ctl=ctl@entry=0x56220b7beb60 <MultiXactMemberCtlData>, segno=segno@entry=11350) at ../src/backend/access/transam/slru.c:1495
    #6  0x000056220af9dab1 in SlruDeleteSegment (ctl=ctl@entry=0x56220b7beb60 <MultiXactMemberCtlData>, segno=segno@entry=11350) at ../src/backend/access/transam/slru.c:1566
    #7  0x000056220af98e1b in PerformMembersTruncation (oldestOffset=<optimized out>, newOldestOffset=<optimized out>) at ../src/backend/access/transam/multixact.c:3006
    #8  TruncateMultiXact (newOldestMulti=newOldestMulti@entry=3221225472, newOldestMultiDB=newOldestMultiDB@entry=4) at ../src/backend/access/transam/multixact.c:3201
    #9  0x000056220b098303 in vac_truncate_clog (frozenXID=749, minMulti=<optimized out>, lastSaneFrozenXid=749, lastSaneMinMulti=3221225472) at ../src/backend/commands/vacuum.c:1917
    #10 vac_update_datfrozenxid () at ../src/backend/commands/vacuum.c:1760
    #11 0x000056220b1c3f76 in do_autovacuum () at ../src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c:2550
    postgres#12 0x000056220b1c2c3d in AutoVacWorkerMain (startup_data=<optimized out>, startup_data_len=<optimized out>) at ../src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c:1569

and the checkpointer is stuck here:

    #0  0x00007fc9348ebf93 in clock_nanosleep () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
    #1  0x00007fc9348fe353 in nanosleep () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
    #2  0x000056220b40ecb4 in pg_usleep (microsec=microsec@entry=10000) at ../src/port/pgsleep.c:50
    #3  0x000056220afb43c3 in CreateCheckPoint (flags=flags@entry=108) at ../src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c:7098
    #4  0x000056220b1c6e86 in CheckpointerMain (startup_data=<optimized out>, startup_data_len=<optimized out>) at ../src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c:464

To fix, add AbsorbSyncRequests() to the loops where the checkpointer
waits for DELAY_CHKPT_START or DELAY_CHKPT_COMPLETE operations to
finish.

Backpatch to v14. Before that, SLRU deletion didn't call
RegisterSyncRequest, which avoided this failure. I'm not sure if there
are other similar scenarios on older versions, but we haven't had
any such reports.

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/[email protected]
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