Revert "Prevent incorrect updates of pg_index while reindexing pg_index itself."

This reverts commit 2c69fc0596e0b785dcc990d2942be89f01c213fd of 2011-04-15.
There's a better way to do it, which will follow shortly.
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Tom Lane 2011-04-19 16:59:34 -04:00
parent 2c69fc0596
commit 6c0635d7a4

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@ -1394,13 +1394,6 @@ index_build(Relation heapRelation,
HeapTuple indexTuple;
Form_pg_index indexForm;
/*
* Broken HOT chains should not get reported in system catalogs; in
* particular it would be quite dangerous to try to modify the index's
* pg_index entry if we are reindexing pg_index itself.
*/
Assert(!IsSystemRelation(heapRelation));
pg_index = heap_open(IndexRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
indexTuple = SearchSysCacheCopy(INDEXRELID,
@ -1460,13 +1453,7 @@ index_build(Relation heapRelation,
* A side effect is to set indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain to true if we detect
* any potentially broken HOT chains. Currently, we set this if there are
* any RECENTLY_DEAD entries in a HOT chain, without trying very hard to
* detect whether they're really incompatible with the chain tip. However,
* we do not ever set ii_BrokenHotChain true when the relation is a system
* catalog. This is to avoid problematic behavior when reindexing pg_index
* itself: we can't safely change the index's indcheckxmin field when we're
* partway through such an operation. It should be okay since the set of
* indexes on a system catalog ought not change during concurrent operations,
* so that no HOT chain in it could ever become broken.
* detect whether they're really incompatible with the chain tip.
*/
double
IndexBuildHeapScan(Relation heapRelation,
@ -1476,7 +1463,6 @@ IndexBuildHeapScan(Relation heapRelation,
IndexBuildCallback callback,
void *callback_state)
{
bool is_system_catalog;
HeapScanDesc scan;
HeapTuple heapTuple;
Datum values[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
@ -1496,9 +1482,6 @@ IndexBuildHeapScan(Relation heapRelation,
*/
Assert(OidIsValid(indexRelation->rd_rel->relam));
/* Remember if it's a system catalog */
is_system_catalog = IsSystemRelation(heapRelation);
/*
* Need an EState for evaluation of index expressions and partial-index
* predicates. Also a slot to hold the current tuple.
@ -1637,8 +1620,7 @@ IndexBuildHeapScan(Relation heapRelation,
{
indexIt = false;
/* mark the index as unsafe for old snapshots */
if (!is_system_catalog)
indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain = true;
indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain = true;
}
else if (indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain)
indexIt = false;
@ -1727,8 +1709,7 @@ IndexBuildHeapScan(Relation heapRelation,
{
indexIt = false;
/* mark the index as unsafe for old snapshots */
if (!is_system_catalog)
indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain = true;
indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain = true;
}
else if (indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain)
indexIt = false;