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/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
* Symbols referenced in this file:
* - SearchSysCache1
* - ReleaseSysCache
* - SysCacheGetAttrNotNull
* - GetSysCacheOid
*--------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* syscache.c
* System cache management routines
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c
*
* NOTES
* These routines allow the parser/planner/executor to perform
* rapid lookups on the contents of the system catalogs.
*
* see utils/syscache.h for a list of the cache IDs
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adding system caches:
There must be a unique index underlying each syscache (ie, an index
whose key is the same as that of the cache). If there is not one
already, add the definition for it to include/catalog/pg_*.h using
DECLARE_UNIQUE_INDEX.
(Adding an index requires a catversion.h update, while simply
adding/deleting caches only requires a recompile.)
Add a MAKE_SYSCACHE call to the same pg_*.h file specifying the name of
your cache, the underlying index, and the initial number of hash buckets.
The number of hash buckets must be a power of 2. It's reasonable to
set this to the number of entries that might be in the particular cache
in a medium-size database.
Finally, any place your relation gets heap_insert() or
heap_update() calls, use CatalogTupleInsert() or CatalogTupleUpdate()
instead, which also update indexes. The heap_* calls do not do that.
*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/*
* struct cachedesc: information defining a single syscache
*/
;
/* Macro to provide nkeys and key array with convenient syntax. */
;
/* Sorted array of OIDs of tables that have caches on them */
/* Sorted array of OIDs of tables and indexes used by caches */
static int ;
/*
* InitCatalogCache - initialize the caches
*
* Note that no database access is done here; we only allocate memory
* and initialize the cache structure. Interrogation of the database
* to complete initialization of a cache happens upon first use
* of that cache.
*/
/*
* InitCatalogCachePhase2 - finish initializing the caches
*
* Finish initializing all the caches, including necessary database
* access.
*
* This is *not* essential; normally we allow syscaches to be initialized
* on first use. However, it is useful as a mechanism to preload the
* relcache with entries for the most-commonly-used system catalogs.
* Therefore, we invoke this routine when we need to write a new relcache
* init file.
*/
/*
* SearchSysCache
*
* A layer on top of SearchCatCache that does the initialization and
* key-setting for you.
*
* Returns the cache copy of the tuple if one is found, NULL if not.
* The tuple is the 'cache' copy and must NOT be modified!
*
* When the caller is done using the tuple, call ReleaseSysCache()
* to release the reference count grabbed by SearchSysCache(). If this
* is not done, the tuple will remain locked in cache until end of
* transaction, which is tolerable but not desirable.
*
* CAUTION: The tuple that is returned must NOT be freed by the caller!
*/
HeapTuple
/*
* ReleaseSysCache
* Release previously grabbed reference count on a tuple
*/
void
/*
* SearchSysCacheLocked1
*
* Combine SearchSysCache1() with acquiring a LOCKTAG_TUPLE at mode
* InplaceUpdateTupleLock. This is a tool for complying with the
* README.tuplock section "Locking to write inplace-updated tables". After
* the caller's heap_update(), it should UnlockTuple(InplaceUpdateTupleLock)
* and ReleaseSysCache().
*
* The returned tuple may be the subject of an uncommitted update, so this
* doesn't prevent the "tuple concurrently updated" error.
*/
/*
* SearchSysCacheCopy
*
* A convenience routine that does SearchSysCache and (if successful)
* returns a modifiable copy of the syscache entry. The original
* syscache entry is released before returning. The caller should
* heap_freetuple() the result when done with it.
*/
/*
* SearchSysCacheLockedCopy1
*
* Meld SearchSysCacheLocked1 with SearchSysCacheCopy(). After the
* caller's heap_update(), it should UnlockTuple(InplaceUpdateTupleLock) and
* heap_freetuple().
*/
/*
* SearchSysCacheExists
*
* A convenience routine that just probes to see if a tuple can be found.
* No lock is retained on the syscache entry.
*/
/*
* GetSysCacheOid
*
* A convenience routine that does SearchSysCache and returns the OID in the
* oidcol column of the found tuple, or InvalidOid if no tuple could be found.
* No lock is retained on the syscache entry.
*/
Oid
/*
* SearchSysCacheAttName
*
* This routine is equivalent to SearchSysCache on the ATTNAME cache,
* except that it will return NULL if the found attribute is marked
* attisdropped. This is convenient for callers that want to act as
* though dropped attributes don't exist.
*/
/*
* SearchSysCacheCopyAttName
*
* As above, an attisdropped-aware version of SearchSysCacheCopy.
*/
/*
* SearchSysCacheExistsAttName
*
* As above, an attisdropped-aware version of SearchSysCacheExists.
*/
/*
* SearchSysCacheAttNum
*
* This routine is equivalent to SearchSysCache on the ATTNUM cache,
* except that it will return NULL if the found attribute is marked
* attisdropped. This is convenient for callers that want to act as
* though dropped attributes don't exist.
*/
/*
* SearchSysCacheCopyAttNum
*
* As above, an attisdropped-aware version of SearchSysCacheCopy.
*/
/*
* SysCacheGetAttr
*
* Given a tuple previously fetched by SearchSysCache(),
* extract a specific attribute.
*
* This is equivalent to using heap_getattr() on a tuple fetched
* from a non-cached relation. Usually, this is only used for attributes
* that could be NULL or variable length; the fixed-size attributes in
* a system table are accessed just by mapping the tuple onto the C struct
* declarations from include/catalog/.
*
* As with heap_getattr(), if the attribute is of a pass-by-reference type
* then a pointer into the tuple data area is returned --- the caller must
* not modify or pfree the datum!
*
* Note: it is legal to use SysCacheGetAttr() with a cacheId referencing
* a different cache for the same catalog the tuple was fetched from.
*/
/*
* libpg_query only ever invokes SysCacheGetAttr from inside
* plpgsql_compile_callback (transitively via get_func_arg_info), and the
* tuple it sees is the libpg_query-forged pg_proc HeapTuple embedded in a
* ProcTupWithAttrs wrapper. We recover the wrapper from the tuple pointer
* and read the Anum-indexed value the caller asked for.
*/
Datum
/*
* SysCacheGetAttrNotNull
*
* As above, a version of SysCacheGetAttr which knows that the attr cannot
* be NULL.
*/
/*
* Thin wrapper over the libpg_query SysCacheGetAttr mock: assert the value
* isn't NULL and return its Datum.
*/
Datum
/*
* GetSysCacheHashValue
*
* Get the hash value that would be used for a tuple in the specified cache
* with the given search keys.
*
* The reason for exposing this as part of the API is that the hash value is
* exposed in cache invalidation operations, so there are places outside the
* catcache code that need to be able to compute the hash values.
*/
/*
* List-search interface
*/
/*
* SysCacheInvalidate
*
* Invalidate entries in the specified cache, given a hash value.
* See CatCacheInvalidate() for more info.
*
* This routine is only quasi-public: it should only be used by inval.c.
*/
/*
* Certain relations that do not have system caches send snapshot invalidation
* messages in lieu of catcache messages. This is for the benefit of
* GetCatalogSnapshot(), which can then reuse its existing MVCC snapshot
* for scanning one of those catalogs, rather than taking a new one, if no
* invalidation has been received.
*
* Relations that have syscaches need not (and must not) be listed here. The
* catcache invalidation messages will also flush the snapshot. If you add a
* syscache for one of these relations, remove it from this list.
*/
/*
* Test whether a relation has a system cache.
*/
/*
* Test whether a relation supports a system cache, ie it is either a
* cached table or the index used for a cache.
*/
/*
* OID comparator for qsort
*/