Fix rare checksum failure in EXEC_BACKEND LocalProcessControlFile()

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ID 5124
Title Fix rare checksum failure in EXEC_BACKEND LocalProcessControlFile()
Topic Bug Fixes
Created 2024-07-15 03:36:36
Last modified 2024-10-05 09:31:08 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
Latest email 2024-07-30 23:54:55 (3 months, 3 weeks ago)
Status
2024-11: Waiting on Author
2024-09: Moved to next CF
Target version
Authors Thomas Munro (macdice)
Reviewers Noah Misch (nmisch)Become reviewer
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race condition when writing pg_control
First at 2020-05-04 17:44:21 by "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn at amazon.com>
Latest at 2024-07-30 23:54:55 by Noah Misch <noah at leadboat.com>
Latest attachment (v1-0001-Fix-pg_control-corruption-in-EXEC_BACKEND-startup.patch) at 2024-05-18 05:29:12 from Thomas Munro <thomas.munro at gmail.com>
    Attachment (v1-0001-Fix-pg_control-corruption-in-EXEC_BACKEND-startup.patch) at 2024-05-18 05:29:12 from Thomas Munro <thomas.munro at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (0003-Assert-that-ControlFileLock-is-held-within-UpdateCon.patch) at 2020-05-31 21:11:35 from "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn at amazon.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v1-0001-Assert-that-ControlFileLock-is-held-exclusively-i.patch) at 2020-05-26 19:30:54 from "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn at amazon.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (0001-Fix-race-condition-that-could-corrupt-pg_control.patch) at 2020-05-22 04:51:47 from Thomas Munro <thomas.munro at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v1-0001-Prevent-race-condition-when-writing-pg_control.patch) at 2020-05-04 17:44:21 from "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn at amazon.com> (Patch: Yes)
History
When Who What
2024-10-05 09:31:08 Andrey Borodin (x4m) Closed in commitfest 2024-09 with status: Moved to next CF
2024-08-19 23:10:55 Noah Misch (nmisch) New status: Waiting on Author
2024-07-15 03:36:53 Thomas Munro (macdice) Changed reviewers to Noah Misch (nmisch)
2024-07-15 03:36:53 Thomas Munro (macdice) Changed authors to Thomas Munro (macdice)
2024-07-15 03:36:36 Thomas Munro (macdice) Attached mail thread 70BF24D6-DC51-443F-B55A-95735803842A@amazon.com
2024-07-15 03:36:36 Thomas Munro (macdice) Created patch record
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