On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 8:08 PM Amit Kapila <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > OK, how about elaborate it a bit like this: > > > > /* > > * In the small window between getting the slot to drop and > > * locking the database, there is a possibility of a parallel > > * database drop by the startup process and the creation of a new > > * slot by the user. This new user-created slot may end up using > > * the same shared memory as that of 'local_slot'. > > * > > * If that happens, local_slot now describes the replacement slot: > > * local_sync_slot_required() may have made its drop decision using > > * the replacement slot's name or invalidation state, and slot_database > > * may refer to the replacement slot's database. Thus check if > > * local_slot is still a synced slot before performing the actual drop. > > * This does not prove it is the original slot, but it prevents dropping > > * an ordinary user-created replacement slot, and the copied database OID > > * keeps lock/unlock symmetric. The remaining risk is limited to this > > * cleanup cycle, such as briefly holding an unrelated database lock, and > > * is acceptable here because this race is rare. > > */ > > > > Okay inspired from your and Fujii-san's version, here is a third version: > /* > * In the small window between getting the slot to drop and > * locking the database, there is a possibility of a parallel > * database drop by the startup process and the creation of a new > * slot by the user. This new user-created slot may end up using > * the same shared memory as that of 'local_slot'. > * > * Because local_slot still points to a reusable slot-array entry, > * its fields (name, database OID, invalidation state) may already > * describe such a replacement slot by the time we reach here. That > * means the drop decision made by local_sync_slot_required() above > * could have been based on the replacement slot's data, and > * slot_database could refer to an unrelated database. The recheck > * below keeps us from actually dropping a user-created replacement > * slot; the residual risk is confined to this cycle (for example, > * briefly locking an unrelated database) and is acceptable because > * the race is rare and non-fatal. > */ > > Thoughts?
LGTM. It looks well-articulated. -- Regards, Xuneng Zhou HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
