Fix CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY to not deadlock against an automatic or manual

VACUUM that is blocked waiting to get lock on the table being indexed.
Per report and fix suggestion from Greg Stark.

Author: tglsfdc

src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c,v 1.169 2008/01/01 19:45:49 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c,v 1.170 2008/01/09 21:52:36 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "parser/parse_expr.h"
 #include "parser/parse_func.h"
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
+#include "storage/proc.h"
 #include "storage/procarray.h"
 #include "utils/acl.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -630,11 +631,19 @@ DefineIndex(RangeVar *heapRelation,
 	 * We can exclude any running transactions that have xmin >= the xmax of
 	 * our reference snapshot, since they are clearly not interested in any
 	 * missing older tuples.  Transactions in other DBs aren't a problem
-	 * either, since they'll never even be able to see this index. Also,
-	 * GetCurrentVirtualXIDs never reports our own vxid, so we need not check
-	 * for that.
+	 * either, since they'll never even be able to see this index.
+	 *
+	 * We can also exclude autovacuum processes and processes running manual
+	 * lazy VACUUMs, because they won't be fazed by missing index entries
+	 * either.  (Manual ANALYZEs, however, can't be excluded because they
+	 * might be within transactions that are going to do arbitrary operations
+	 * later.)
+	 *
+	 * Also, GetCurrentVirtualXIDs never reports our own vxid, so we need not
+	 * check for that.
 	 */
-	old_snapshots = GetCurrentVirtualXIDs(ActiveSnapshot->xmax, false);
+	old_snapshots = GetCurrentVirtualXIDs(ActiveSnapshot->xmax, false,
+										  PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM | PROC_IN_VACUUM);
 
 	while (VirtualTransactionIdIsValid(*old_snapshots))
 	{

src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c,v 1.39 2008/01/01 19:45:51 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c,v 1.40 2008/01/09 21:52:36 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1006,10 +1006,12 @@ IsBackendPid(int pid)
  *
  * If limitXmin is not InvalidTransactionId, we skip any backends
  * with xmin >= limitXmin.	If allDbs is false, we skip backends attached
- * to other databases.	Also, our own process is always skipped.
+ * to other databases.  If excludeVacuum isn't zero, we skip processes for
+ * which (excludeVacuum & vacuumFlags) is not zero.  Also, our own process
+ * is always skipped.
  */
 VirtualTransactionId *
-GetCurrentVirtualXIDs(TransactionId limitXmin, bool allDbs)
+GetCurrentVirtualXIDs(TransactionId limitXmin, bool allDbs, int excludeVacuum)
 {
 	VirtualTransactionId *vxids;
 	ProcArrayStruct *arrayP = procArray;
@@ -1029,6 +1031,9 @@ GetCurrentVirtualXIDs(TransactionId limitXmin, bool allDbs)
 		if (proc == MyProc)
 			continue;
 
+		if (excludeVacuum & proc->vacuumFlags)
+			continue;
+
 		if (allDbs || proc->databaseId == MyDatabaseId)
 		{
 			/* Fetch xmin just once - might change on us? */

src/include/storage/procarray.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/procarray.h,v 1.19 2008/01/01 19:45:59 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/procarray.h,v 1.20 2008/01/09 21:52:36 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern int	BackendXidGetPid(TransactionId xid);
 extern bool IsBackendPid(int pid);
 
 extern VirtualTransactionId *GetCurrentVirtualXIDs(TransactionId limitXmin,
-					  bool allDbs);
+					  bool allDbs, int excludeVacuum);
 extern int	CountActiveBackends(void);
 extern int	CountDBBackends(Oid databaseid);
 extern int	CountUserBackends(Oid roleid);