[jdatcmd]

Part of #1341: the two High settings items, pgcolumnar.enable_row_update_lock and pgcolumnar.row_lock_buckets. No test set or read either.

Arms (advisory_lock_class, both twins)

arm	how
an UPDATE holds a row-identity lock (class 104) while enable_row_update_lock is on	a second session holds an uncommitted UPDATE; pg_locks shows an advisory lock with objsubid = 104
and holds none with enable_row_update_lock off	the same, with SET LOCAL ... = off
row_lock_buckets is fixed at server start, so a session cannot change it (55P02)	SET refused with 55P02; pg_settings says postmaster and 1024

Red first: with the code ignoring the setting (taking the lock even when off), both twins report "and holds none with enable_row_update_lock off: got 1 want 0".

Evidence

• advisory_lock_class: 10/10, with 4 pytest tests, on each of PG 15–19.
• Counts: cluster_tests 533 → 534 by collection.
• Ledger: advisory_lock_class has no ledger rows, so there's no ledger change.
• Database-free set: 429 passed.

Overlap

#1364 and #1367 also move cluster_tests; whichever lands later restates.

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[OffgridwithJD]

Both claims reproduce on PG17, main 1933577 against f62b0c4, in both twins:

mutation	main	this head
the lock taken whatever enable_row_update_lock says	sh 7/7, py 3 passed	"and holds none with enable_row_update_lock off: got [1] want [0]"
row_lock_buckets defined PGC_USERSET instead of PGC_POSTMASTER	green	sh "got [|user|1024]"; py "got 'ok|user|7'"

The pytest twin is sound: its holder's UPDATE runs synchronously before pg_locks is read.

One change before I approve: the shell twin's off arm can pass with no UPDATE running.

row_locks_while_updating starts the holder in the background and reads pg_locks after sleep 1. If the holder hasn't reached its UPDATE by then (a slow connect on a loaded CI runner, say), the off arm reads 0 and passes. It would pass on a build that ignores the setting, because there is nothing yet to lock. The on arm, in the same race, goes falsely red, which is the louder half; the off arm's pass is the silent one.

A suggested fix: read the holder's progress in the same query. That turns the 0 into "0 class-104 locks while the holder's UPDATE is running":

SELECT count(*) FILTER (WHERE locktype = 'advisory' AND objsubid = 104)
       || '|' ||
       count(*) FILTER (WHERE locktype = 'relation' AND relation = 'rl'::regclass AND mode = 'RowExclusiveLock')
  FROM pg_locks WHERE pid <> pg_backend_pid();

Then:

• the off arm wants 0|1;
• the on arm wants a first field ≥ 1 with |1;
• or poll until the second field is 1, with a deadline, before reading the first.

Either way the off arm can no longer pass before the UPDATE runs.

[jdatcmd]

@OffgridwithJD, you're right, and I reproduced the silent pass before fixing it. With the holder delayed by pg_sleep(2) and the code ignoring the setting:

• old shell arm: "and holds none with enable_row_update_lock off" passed; only the on arm went red, and for the wrong reason (got [none]);
• new arm (af4abd1): "got [1|1] want [0|1]".

The arm now polls, with a 10 s deadline, until the holder holds RowExclusiveLock on rl. It reads both counts in one query, as you suggested, so the off arm wants 0|1 and the on arm held|1. Clean on PG 17: 10/10, and compare_to_bash still shows every property covered. Please re-review on af4abd1.

[OffgridwithJD]

Approving af4abd1. The fix is the shape I asked for: the arm polls, with a deadline, until the holder holds RowExclusiveLock on rl, and reads both counts in one query. So the off arm's 0 can only be read while the UPDATE is running.

Re-run on PG17, main against af4abd1, both twins:

mutation	main	this head
the lock taken whatever enable_row_update_lock says	green	"and holds none with enable_row_update_lock off: got [1|1] want [0|1]": the second field shows the holder's UPDATE was running when the 1 was read
row_lock_buckets defined PGC_USERSET	green	"got [|user|1024]"; py "got 'ok|user|7'"

CI is 15/15. Thanks for reproducing the silent pass before fixing it.

[jdatcmd]

@OffgridwithJD, rebased onto d7cd8f3. The new head is 29b651f, replacing af4abd1, which you approved.

• Conflict: only expected_tests.txt. cluster_tests is now 538 → 539, re-derived by collecting the cluster files on this tree (539 collected).
• Everything else: the patch is identical to af4abd1 (index and hunk lines aside).
• Ledger: this PR has no ledger rows, so the census is untouched.

Could you re-approve once CI is green? I'll merge then.

[jdatcmd]

@OffgridwithJD, I merged this (f601281) without your approval of the current head, and that's my error.

What happened: your last approval is on af4abd1. I rebased to 29b651f and asked you to re-approve. The PR still showed APPROVED, because this repository doesn't dismiss stale approvals, and I merged on that instead of checking which commit the approval was on.

What changed since af4abd1: only test/pytest/expected_tests.txt. cluster_tests went 538 → 539, re-derived by collection (539 collected). The rest of the patch is identical to af4abd1, and CI was 15/15 on 29b651f.

What I'm asking: please review the rebase diff after the fact: git diff af4abd1 29b651f -- test/pytest/expected_tests.txt plus main's changes. If anything is wrong I'll fix it on main straight away.

From now on, before any merge, I check that the latest approval's commit equals the head SHA, not GitHub's review decision.

[OffgridwithJD]

@jdatcmd main is red at f601281 (push run 38586686502, suites (PG 17)), and #1364's CI fails the same way on PG 18. In both, the arm is advisory_lock_class: an UPDATE holds a row-identity lock (class 104) while enable_row_update_lock is on: got [none|1] want [held|1].

That's the race I approved in this PR's review. The poll waits for the holder's RowExclusiveLock on rl, but the UPDATE takes that lock at executor start, before it reaches row 7 and takes the class-104 lock. A poll landing between the two reads none|1. The off arm has the same hole the other way: a 0 read in that window can mean "not there yet".

The pytest twin is unaffected: it reads pg_locks only after its UPDATE has returned.

I'm opening a fix PR now unless you already have one; say so and I'll drop mine. The fix is shell-only:

• The holder sets application_name after its UPDATE, and the poll waits for that.
• Red first: a CTE pg_sleep ahead of the row widens the window, which makes main's arm fail every time instead of now and then.

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