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    Fix relcache reload mechanism to be more robust in the face of errors · d4b7cf06
    Tom Lane 提交于
    occurring during a reload, such as query-cancel.  Instead of zeroing out
    an existing relcache entry and rebuilding it in place, build a new relcache
    entry, then swap its contents with the old one, then free the new entry.
    This avoids problems with code believing that a previously obtained pointer
    to a cache entry must still reference a valid entry, as seen in recent
    failures on buildfarm member jaguar.  (jaguar is using CLOBBER_CACHE_ALWAYS
    which raises the probability of failure substantially, but the problem
    could occur in the field without that.)  The previous design was okay
    when it was made, but subtransactions and the ResourceOwner mechanism
    make it unsafe now.
    
    Also, make more use of the already existing rd_isvalid flag, so that we
    remember that the entry requires rebuilding even if the first attempt fails.
    
    Back-patch as far as 8.2.  Prior versions have enough issues around relcache
    reload anyway (due to inadequate locking) that fixing this one doesn't seem
    worthwhile.
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