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* Update copyrights for 2013Bruce Momjian2013-01-01
| | | | | Fully update git head, and update back branches in ./COPYRIGHT and legal.sgml files.
* Split tuple struct defs from htup.h to htup_details.hAlvaro Herrera2012-08-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | This reduces unnecessary exposure of other headers through htup.h, which is very widely included by many files. I have chosen to move the function prototypes to the new file as well, because that means htup.h no longer needs to include tupdesc.h. In itself this doesn't have much effect in indirect inclusion of tupdesc.h throughout the tree, because it's also required by execnodes.h; but it's something to explore in the future, and it seemed best to do the htup.h change now while I'm busy with it.
* Fix issues with checks for unsupported transaction states in Hot Standby.Tom Lane2012-08-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The GUC check hooks for transaction_read_only and transaction_isolation tried to check RecoveryInProgress(), so as to disallow setting read/write mode or serializable isolation level (respectively) in hot standby sessions. However, GUC check hooks can be called in many situations where we're not connected to shared memory at all, resulting in a crash in RecoveryInProgress(). Among other cases, this results in EXEC_BACKEND builds crashing during child process start if default_transaction_isolation is serializable, as reported by Heikki Linnakangas. Protect those calls by silently allowing any setting when not inside a transaction; which is okay anyway since these GUCs are always reset at start of transaction. Also, add a check to GetSerializableTransactionSnapshot() to complain if we are in hot standby. We need that check despite the one in check_XactIsoLevel() because default_transaction_isolation could be serializable. We don't want to complain any sooner than this in such cases, since that would prevent running transactions at all in such a state; but a transaction can be run, if SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION is done before setting a snapshot. Per report some months ago from Robert Haas. Back-patch to 9.1, since these problems were introduced by the SSI patch. Kevin Grittner and Tom Lane, with ideas from Heikki Linnakangas
* Update copyright notices for year 2012.Bruce Momjian2012-01-01
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* Simplify handling of the timezone GUC by making initdb choose the default.Tom Lane2011-09-09
| | | | | | | | | | | We were doing some amazingly complicated things in order to avoid running the very expensive identify_system_timezone() procedure during GUC initialization. But there is an obvious fix for that, which is to do it once during initdb and have initdb install the system-specific default into postgresql.conf, as it already does for most other GUC variables that need system-environment-dependent defaults. This means that the timezone (and log_timezone) settings no longer have any magic behavior in the server. Per discussion.
* Move Timestamp/Interval typedefs and basic macros into datatype/timestamp.h.Tom Lane2011-09-09
| | | | | | | | | | | As per my recent proposal, this refactors things so that these typedefs and macros are available in a header that can be included in frontend-ish code. I also changed various headers that were undesirably including utils/timestamp.h to include datatype/timestamp.h instead. Unsurprisingly, this showed that half the system was getting utils/timestamp.h by way of xlog.h. No actual code changes here, just header refactoring.
* Pgindent run before 9.1 beta2.Bruce Momjian2011-06-09
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* Refrain from canonicalizing a client_encoding setting of "UNICODE".Tom Lane2011-04-19
| | | | | | | | | While "UTF8" is the correct name for this encoding, existing JDBC drivers expect that if they send "UNICODE" it will read back the same way; they fail with an opaque "Protocol error" complaint if not. This will be fixed in the 9.1 drivers, but until older drivers are no longer in use in the wild, we'd better leave "UNICODE" alone. Continue to canonicalize all other inputs. Per report from Steve Singer and subsequent discussion.
* pgindent run before PG 9.1 beta 1.Bruce Momjian2011-04-10
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* Revise the API for GUC variable assign hooks.Tom Lane2011-04-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The previous functions of assign hooks are now split between check hooks and assign hooks, where the former can fail but the latter shouldn't. Aside from being conceptually clearer, this approach exposes the "canonicalized" form of the variable value to guc.c without having to do an actual assignment. And that lets us fix the problem recently noted by Bernd Helmle that the auto-tune patch for wal_buffers resulted in bogus log messages about "parameter "wal_buffers" cannot be changed without restarting the server". There may be some speed advantage too, because this design lets hook functions avoid re-parsing variable values when restoring a previous state after a rollback (they can store a pre-parsed representation of the value instead). This patch also resolves a longstanding annoyance about custom error messages from variable assign hooks: they should modify, not appear separately from, guc.c's own message about "invalid parameter value".
* Implement genuine serializable isolation level.Heikki Linnakangas2011-02-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Until now, our Serializable mode has in fact been what's called Snapshot Isolation, which allows some anomalies that could not occur in any serialized ordering of the transactions. This patch fixes that using a method called Serializable Snapshot Isolation, based on research papers by Michael J. Cahill (see README-SSI for full references). In Serializable Snapshot Isolation, transactions run like they do in Snapshot Isolation, but a predicate lock manager observes the reads and writes performed and aborts transactions if it detects that an anomaly might occur. This method produces some false positives, ie. it sometimes aborts transactions even though there is no anomaly. To track reads we implement predicate locking, see storage/lmgr/predicate.c. Whenever a tuple is read, a predicate lock is acquired on the tuple. Shared memory is finite, so when a transaction takes many tuple-level locks on a page, the locks are promoted to a single page-level lock, and further to a single relation level lock if necessary. To lock key values with no matching tuple, a sequential scan always takes a relation-level lock, and an index scan acquires a page-level lock that covers the search key, whether or not there are any matching keys at the moment. A predicate lock doesn't conflict with any regular locks or with another predicate locks in the normal sense. They're only used by the predicate lock manager to detect the danger of anomalies. Only serializable transactions participate in predicate locking, so there should be no extra overhead for for other transactions. Predicate locks can't be released at commit, but must be remembered until all the transactions that overlapped with it have completed. That means that we need to remember an unbounded amount of predicate locks, so we apply a lossy but conservative method of tracking locks for committed transactions. If we run short of shared memory, we overflow to a new "pg_serial" SLRU pool. We don't currently allow Serializable transactions in Hot Standby mode. That would be hard, because even read-only transactions can cause anomalies that wouldn't otherwise occur. Serializable isolation mode now means the new fully serializable level. Repeatable Read gives you the old Snapshot Isolation level that we have always had. Kevin Grittner and Dan Ports, reviewed by Jeff Davis, Heikki Linnakangas and Anssi Kääriäinen
* Code cleanup for assign_transaction_read_only.Robert Haas2011-01-22
| | | | | | | | | | | As in commit fb4c5d2798730f60b102d775f22fb53c26a6445d on 2011-01-21, this avoids spurious debug messages and allows idempotent changes at any time. Along the way, make assign_XactIsoLevel allow idempotent changes even when not within a subtransaction, to be consistent with the new coding of assign_transaction_read_only and because there's no compelling reason to do otherwise. Kevin Grittner, with some adjustments.
* Code cleanup for assign_XactIsoLevel.Robert Haas2011-01-21
| | | | | | | | | The new coding avoids a spurious debug message when a transaction that has changed the isolation level has been rolled back. It also allows the property to be freely changed to the current value within a subtransaction. Kevin Grittner, with one small change by me.
* Stamp copyrights for year 2011.Bruce Momjian2011-01-01
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* Prevent show_session_authorization from crashing when session_authorizationTom Lane2010-09-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | hasn't been set. The only known case where this can happen is when show_session_authorization is invoked in an autovacuum process, which is possible if an index function calls it, as for example in bug #5669 from Andrew Geery. We could perhaps try to return a sensible value, such as the name of the cluster-owning superuser; but that seems like much more trouble than the case is worth, and in any case it could create new possible failure modes. Simply returning an empty string seems like the most appropriate fix. Back-patch to all supported versions, even those before autovacuum, just in case there's another way to provoke this crash.
* Remove cvs keywords from all files.Magnus Hagander2010-09-20
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* Wrap calls to SearchSysCache and related functions using macros.Robert Haas2010-02-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | The purpose of this change is to eliminate the need for every caller of SearchSysCache, SearchSysCacheCopy, SearchSysCacheExists, GetSysCacheOid, and SearchSysCacheList to know the maximum number of allowable keys for a syscache entry (currently 4). This will make it far easier to increase the maximum number of keys in a future release should we choose to do so, and it makes the code shorter, too. Design and review by Tom Lane.
* Update copyright for the year 2010.Bruce Momjian2010-01-02
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* Disallow RESET ROLE and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION inside security-definerTom Lane2009-09-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | functions. This extends the previous patch that forbade SETting these variables inside security-definer functions. RESET is equally a security hole, since it would allow regaining privileges of the caller; furthermore it can trigger Assert failures and perhaps other internal errors, since the code is not expecting these variables to change in such contexts. The previous patch did not cover this case because assign hooks don't really have enough information, so move the responsibility for preventing this into guc.c. Problem discovered by Heikki Linnakangas. Security: no CVE assigned yet, extends CVE-2007-6600
* 8.4 pgindent run, with new combined Linux/FreeBSD/MinGW typedef listBruce Momjian2009-06-11
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* Update copyright for 2009.Bruce Momjian2009-01-01
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* Improve snapshot manager by keeping explicit track of snapshots.Alvaro Herrera2008-05-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | There are two ways to track a snapshot: there's the "registered" list, which is used for arbitrary long-lived snapshots; and there's the "active stack", which is used for the snapshot that is considered "active" at any time. This also allows users of snapshots to stop worrying about snapshot memory allocation and freeing, and about using PG_TRY blocks around ActiveSnapshot assignment. This is all done automatically now. As a consequence, this allows us to reset MyProc->xmin when there are no more snapshots registered in the current backend, reducing the impact that long-running transactions have on VACUUM.
* Rename snapmgmt.c/h to snapmgr.c/h, for consistency with other files.Alvaro Herrera2008-03-26
| | | | Per complaint from Tom Lane.
* Separate snapshot management code from tuple visibility code, create aAlvaro Herrera2008-03-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | snapmgmt.c file for the former. The header files have also been reorganized in three parts: the most basic snapshot definitions are now in a new file snapshot.h, and the also new snapmgmt.h keeps the definitions for snapmgmt.c. tqual.h has been reduced to the bare minimum. This patch is just a first step towards managing live snapshots within a transaction; there is no functionality change. Per my proposal to pgsql-patches on 20080318191940.GB27458@alvh.no-ip.org and subsequent discussion.
* Make standard maintenance operations (including VACUUM, ANALYZE, REINDEX,Tom Lane2008-01-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and CLUSTER) execute as the table owner rather than the calling user, using the same privilege-switching mechanism already used for SECURITY DEFINER functions. The purpose of this change is to ensure that user-defined functions used in index definitions cannot acquire the privileges of a superuser account that is performing routine maintenance. While a function used in an index is supposed to be IMMUTABLE and thus not able to do anything very interesting, there are several easy ways around that restriction; and even if we could plug them all, there would remain a risk of reading sensitive information and broadcasting it through a covert channel such as CPU usage. To prevent bypassing this security measure, execution of SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION and SET ROLE is now forbidden within a SECURITY DEFINER context. Thanks to Itagaki Takahiro for reporting this vulnerability. Security: CVE-2007-6600
* Update copyrights in source tree to 2008.Bruce Momjian2008-01-01
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* Improve consistency of error reporting in GUC assign_hook routines. SomeTom Lane2007-12-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | were reporting ERROR for interactive assignments and LOG for other cases, some were saying nothing for non-interactive cases, and a few did yet other things. Make them use a new function GUC_complaint_elevel() to establish a reasonably uniform policy about how to report. There are still a few edge cases such as assign_search_path(), but it's much better than before. Per gripe from Devrim Gunduz and subsequent discussion. As noted by Alvaro, it'd be better to fold these custom messages into the standard "invalid parameter value" complaint from guc.c, perhaps as the DETAIL field. However that will require more redesign than seems prudent for 8.3. This is a relatively safe, low-impact change that we can afford to risk now.
* pgindent run for 8.3.Bruce Momjian2007-11-15
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* Switch over to using the src/timezone functions for formatting timestampsTom Lane2007-08-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | displayed in the postmaster log. This avoids Windows-specific problems with localized time zone names that are in the wrong encoding, and generally seems like a good idea to forestall other potential platform-dependent issues. To preserve the existing behavior that all backends will log in the same time zone, create a new GUC variable log_timezone that can only be changed on a system-wide basis, and reference log-related calculations to that zone instead of the TimeZone variable. This fixes the issue reported by Hiroshi Saito that timestamps printed by xlog.c startup could be improperly localized on Windows. We still need a simpler patch for that problem in the back branches, however.
* Update CVS HEAD for 2007 copyright. Back branches are typically notBruce Momjian2007-01-05
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* pgindent run for 8.2.Bruce Momjian2006-10-04
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* Remove 576 references of include files that were not needed.Bruce Momjian2006-07-14
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* Update copyright for 2006. Update scripts.Bruce Momjian2006-03-05
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* Fix bug that allowed any logged-in user to SET ROLE to any other database userTom Lane2006-02-12
| | | | | | | | id (CVE-2006-0553). Also fix related bug in SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION that allows unprivileged users to crash the server, if it has been compiled with Asserts enabled. The escalation-of-privilege risk exists only in 8.1.0-8.1.2. However, the Assert-crash risk exists in all releases back to 7.3. Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem.
* Re-run pgindent, fixing a problem where comment lines after a blankBruce Momjian2005-11-22
| | | | | | | | | comment line where output as too long, and update typedefs for /lib directory. Also fix case where identifiers were used as variable names in the backend, but as typedefs in ecpg (favor the backend for indenting). Backpatch to 8.1.X.
* Standard pgindent run for 8.1.Bruce Momjian2005-10-15
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* Fix crash when reading 'timezone = unknown' from postgresql.conf duringTom Lane2005-08-08
| | | | | SIGHUP; it's not OK for an assign_hook to return a non-malloc'd string. Problem was introduced during timezone library rewrite.
* Add SET ROLE. This is a partial commit of Stephen Frost's recent patch;Tom Lane2005-07-25
| | | | I'm still working on the has_role function and information_schema changes.
* Add time/date macros for code clarity:Bruce Momjian2005-07-21
| | | | | | | #define DAYS_PER_YEAR 365.25 #define MONTHS_PER_YEAR 12 #define DAYS_PER_MONTH 30 #define HOURS_PER_DAY 24
* Add 'day' field to INTERVAL so 1 day interval can be distinguished fromBruce Momjian2005-07-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 hours. This is very helpful for daylight savings time: select '2005-05-03 00:00:00 EST'::timestamp with time zone + '24 hours'; ?column? ---------------------- 2005-05-04 01:00:00-04 select '2005-05-03 00:00:00 EST'::timestamp with time zone + '1 day'; ?column? ---------------------- 2005-05-04 01:00:00-04 Michael Glaesemann
* Replace pg_shadow and pg_group by new role-capable catalogs pg_authidTom Lane2005-06-28
| | | | | | | | and pg_auth_members. There are still many loose ends to finish in this patch (no documentation, no regression tests, no pg_dump support for instance). But I'm going to commit it now anyway so that Alvaro can make some progress on shared dependencies. The catalog changes should be pretty much done.
* Fix assign_datestyle() so that it doesn't misleadingly complain aboutTom Lane2005-06-09
| | | | | 'conflicting datestyle specifications' for input that's actually only redundant, such as SET DATESTYLE = MDY, MDY. Per recent gripe.
* Code for SET/SHOW TIME ZONE with a fixed-interval timezone was notTom Lane2005-06-05
| | | | prepared for HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP. Per report from Guillaume Beaudoin.
* Attached patch gets rid of the global timezone in the following steps:Bruce Momjian2005-04-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Changes the APIs to the timezone functions to take a pg_tz pointer as an argument, representing the timezone to use for the selected operation. * Adds a global_timezone variable that represents the current timezone in the backend as set by SET TIMEZONE (or guc, or env, etc). * Implements a hash-table cache of loaded tables, so we don't have to read and parse the TZ file everytime we change a timezone. While not necesasry now (we don't change timezones very often), I beleive this will be necessary (or at least good) when "multiple timezones in the same query" is eventually implemented. And code-wise, this was the time to do it. There are no user-visible changes at this time. Implementing the "multiple zones in one query" is a later step... This also gets rid of some of the cruft needed to "back out a timezone change", since we previously couldn't check a timezone unless it was activated first. Passes regression tests on win32, linux (slackware 10) and solaris x86. Magnus Hagander
* Tag appropriate files for rc3PostgreSQL Daemon2004-12-31
| | | | | | | | Also performed an initial run through of upgrading our Copyright date to extend to 2005 ... first run here was very simple ... change everything where: grep 1996-2004 && the word 'Copyright' ... scanned through the generated list with 'less' first, and after, to make sure that I only picked up the right entries ...
* GUC assign hooks that look at external state in deciding whether aTom Lane2004-09-24
| | | | | | | setting is valid must ignore that state and permit the assignment anyway when source is PGC_S_OVERRIDE. Otherwise they may disallow a rollback at transaction abort, which is The Wrong Thing. Per example from Michael Fuhr 12-Sep-04.
* Code review for various recent GUC hacking. Don't elog(ERROR) whenTom Lane2004-08-31
| | | | | | | not supposed to (fixes problem with postmaster aborting due to mistaken postgresql.conf change); don't call superuser() when not inside a transaction (fixes coredump when, eg, try to set log_statement from PGOPTIONS); some message style guidelines enforcement.
* Another pgindent run with lib typedefs added.Bruce Momjian2004-08-30
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* Pgindent run for 8.0.Bruce Momjian2004-08-29
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* Update copyright to 2004.Bruce Momjian2004-08-29
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