relation.c

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * relation.c
 *    Generic relation related routines.
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2022, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *    src/backend/access/common/relation.c
 *
 * NOTES
 *    This file contains relation_ routines that implement access to relations
 *    (tables, indexes, etc). Support that's specific to subtypes of relations
 *    should go into their respective files, not here.
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
#include "postgres.h"
 
#include "access/relation.h"
#include "access/xact.h"
#include "catalog/namespace.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "pgstat.h"
#include "storage/lmgr.h"
#include "utils/inval.h"
#include "utils/syscache.h"
 
 
/* ----------------
 *      relation_open - open any relation by relation OID
 *
 *      If lockmode is not "NoLock", the specified kind of lock is
 *      obtained on the relation.  (Generally, NoLock should only be
 *      used if the caller knows it has some appropriate lock on the
 *      relation already.)
 *
 *      An error is raised if the relation does not exist.
 *
 *      NB: a "relation" is anything with a pg_class entry.  The caller is
 *      expected to check whether the relkind is something it can handle.
 * ----------------
 */
Relation
relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode)
{
    Relation    r;
 
    Assert(lockmode >= NoLock && lockmode < MAX_LOCKMODES);
 
    /* Get the lock before trying to open the relcache entry */
    if (lockmode != NoLock)
        LockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode);
 
    /* The relcache does all the real work... */
    r = RelationIdGetRelation(relationId);
 
    if (!RelationIsValid(r))
        elog(ERROR, "could not open relation with OID %u", relationId);
 
    /*
     * If we didn't get the lock ourselves, assert that caller holds one,
     * except in bootstrap mode where no locks are used.
     */
    Assert(lockmode != NoLock ||
           IsBootstrapProcessingMode() ||
           CheckRelationLockedByMe(r, AccessShareLock, true));
 
    /* Make note that we've accessed a temporary relation */
    if (RelationUsesLocalBuffers(r))
        MyXactFlags |= XACT_FLAGS_ACCESSEDTEMPNAMESPACE;
 
    pgstat_init_relation(r);
 
    return r;
}
 
/* ----------------
 *      try_relation_open - open any relation by relation OID
 *
 *      Same as relation_open, except return NULL instead of failing
 *      if the relation does not exist.
 * ----------------
 */
Relation
try_relation_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode)
{
    Relation    r;
 
    Assert(lockmode >= NoLock && lockmode < MAX_LOCKMODES);
 
    /* Get the lock first */
    if (lockmode != NoLock)
        LockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode);
 
    /*
     * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really exists
     * or not.
     */
    if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relationId)))
    {
        /* Release useless lock */
        if (lockmode != NoLock)
            UnlockRelationOid(relationId, lockmode);
 
        return NULL;
    }
 
    /* Should be safe to do a relcache load */
    r = RelationIdGetRelation(relationId);
 
    if (!RelationIsValid(r))
        elog(ERROR, "could not open relation with OID %u", relationId);
 
    /* If we didn't get the lock ourselves, assert that caller holds one */
    Assert(lockmode != NoLock ||
           CheckRelationLockedByMe(r, AccessShareLock, true));
 
    /* Make note that we've accessed a temporary relation */
    if (RelationUsesLocalBuffers(r))
        MyXactFlags |= XACT_FLAGS_ACCESSEDTEMPNAMESPACE;
 
    pgstat_init_relation(r);
 
    return r;
}
 
/* ----------------
 *      relation_openrv - open any relation specified by a RangeVar
 *
 *      Same as relation_open, but the relation is specified by a RangeVar.
 * ----------------
 */
Relation
relation_openrv(const RangeVar *relation, LOCKMODE lockmode)
{
    Oid         relOid;
 
    /*
     * Check for shared-cache-inval messages before trying to open the
     * relation.  This is needed even if we already hold a lock on the
     * relation, because GRANT/REVOKE are executed without taking any lock on
     * the target relation, and we want to be sure we see current ACL
     * information.  We can skip this if asked for NoLock, on the assumption
     * that such a call is not the first one in the current command, and so we
     * should be reasonably up-to-date already.  (XXX this all could stand to
     * be redesigned, but for the moment we'll keep doing this like it's been
     * done historically.)
     */
    if (lockmode != NoLock)
        AcceptInvalidationMessages();
 
    /* Look up and lock the appropriate relation using namespace search */
    relOid = RangeVarGetRelid(relation, lockmode, false);
 
    /* Let relation_open do the rest */
    return relation_open(relOid, NoLock);
}
 
/* ----------------
 *      relation_openrv_extended - open any relation specified by a RangeVar
 *
 *      Same as relation_openrv, but with an additional missing_ok argument
 *      allowing a NULL return rather than an error if the relation is not
 *      found.  (Note that some other causes, such as permissions problems,
 *      will still result in an ereport.)
 * ----------------
 */
Relation
relation_openrv_extended(const RangeVar *relation, LOCKMODE lockmode,
                         bool missing_ok)
{
    Oid         relOid;
 
    /*
     * Check for shared-cache-inval messages before trying to open the
     * relation.  See comments in relation_openrv().
     */
    if (lockmode != NoLock)
        AcceptInvalidationMessages();
 
    /* Look up and lock the appropriate relation using namespace search */
    relOid = RangeVarGetRelid(relation, lockmode, missing_ok);
 
    /* Return NULL on not-found */
    if (!OidIsValid(relOid))
        return NULL;
 
    /* Let relation_open do the rest */
    return relation_open(relOid, NoLock);
}
 
/* ----------------
 *      relation_close - close any relation
 *
 *      If lockmode is not "NoLock", we then release the specified lock.
 *
 *      Note that it is often sensible to hold a lock beyond relation_close;
 *      in that case, the lock is released automatically at xact end.
 * ----------------
 */
void
relation_close(Relation relation, LOCKMODE lockmode)
{
    LockRelId   relid = relation->rd_lockInfo.lockRelId;
 
    Assert(lockmode >= NoLock && lockmode < MAX_LOCKMODES);
 
    /* The relcache does the real work... */
    RelationClose(relation);
 
    if (lockmode != NoLock)
        UnlockRelationId(&relid, lockmode);
}