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Fix ordering issue with WAL operations in GIN fast insert path
Contrary to what is documented in src/backend/access/transam/README, ginHeapTupleFastInsert() had a few ordering issues with the way it does its WAL operations when inserting items in its fast path. First, when using a separate list, XLogBeginInsert() was being always called before START_CRIT_SECTION(), and in this case a second thing was wrong when merging lists, as an exclusive lock was taken on the tail page *before* calling XLogBeginInsert(). Finally, when inserting items into a tail page, the order of XLogBeginInsert() and START_CRIT_SECTION() was reversed. This commit addresses all these issues by moving the calls of XLogBeginInsert() after all the pages logged are locked and pinned, within a critical section. This has been applied first only on HEAD as of 56b6625, but as per discussion with Tom Lane and Álvaro Herrera, a backpatch is preferred to keep all the branches consistent and to respect the transam's README where we can. Author: Matthias van de Meent, Zhang Mingli Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEze2WhL8uLMqynnnCu1LAPwxD5RKEo0nHV+eXGg_N6ELU88HQ@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 10
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src/backend/access/gin/ginfast.c

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@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ ginHeapTupleFastInsert(GinState *ginstate, GinTupleCollector *collector)
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memset(&sublist, 0, sizeof(GinMetaPageData));
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makeSublist(index, collector->tuples, collector->ntuples, &sublist);
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/*
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* metapage was unlocked, see above
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data.ntuples = collector->ntuples;
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START_CRIT_SECTION();
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if (needWal)
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XLogBeginInsert();
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START_CRIT_SECTION();
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/*
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* Increase counter of heap tuples
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