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Fix the pg_shdepend rows, guard the drop, and harden enable and disable. - #62
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Creating a large object recorded a pg_shdepend row whose classId was the OID of lolor.pg_largeobject, an ordinary table rather than a catalog the dependency machinery can describe. DROP ROLE on any role that had created one failed with "unrecognized object class", and the rows were never removed. Stop recording the entry and delete those left behind. Objects in lolor storage cannot take part in pg_shdepend at all, so add lolor.check_orphans() to list objects whose owner, grantee or grantor is gone and lolor.fix_orphans() to repair them the way REASSIGN OWNED would. Dropping the extension used to migrate every object back to native storage inside the drop. Replace that with an object access hook that refuses DROP EXTENSION, DROP SCHEMA lolor CASCADE and DROP OWNED BY while lolor is enabled or any object remains, so the user runs lolor.migrate_to_native() first; lolor.allow_unsafe_drop lets a superuser discard what is stored. The hook has to be present in every backend, so lolor now refuses to load on demand and must be listed in shared_preload_libraries. The regression suite therefore runs in a temporary instance configured that way (make installcheck). lolor.enable(), lolor.disable() and lolor.is_enabled() probe exact function signatures in pg_catalog; matching on proname across every schema let any user with CREATE on a schema wedge lolor into an inconsistent state that also blocked the drop. Both refuse while other sessions are connected, since a renamed function keeps its OID and other sessions cannot be made to see the switch, and refuse to run from anything but a client session, so replicated DDL cannot execute them in an apply worker.
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And found the roles that no longer show.
It packed each page with careful care,
Then guarded drops from empty air.
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🟡 Minor · Remove the stale claim that DROP EXTENSION lolor raises the migration… · README.md:132-133
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winRemove the stale claim that
DROP EXTENSION lolorraises the migration error. The drop no longer callsmigrate_to_native(). Both guides still say that the drop raises the logical-slot migrationERROR, and that sentence contradicts the new removal instructions.
README.md#L132-L133: Remove "(and thereforeDROP EXTENSION lolor)" from the sentence.docs/index.md#L90-L91: Remove "(and thereforeDROP EXTENSION lolor)" from the sentence.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 17: Update the preload warning in the installation documentation to say
that calls routed to lolor refuse when the library was loaded on demand; do not
imply that native pg_catalog.lo_* functions are unavailable. Keep the
distinction consistent with the native lo_creat check in t/001_lolor_basic.pl.
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- Line 253: Update lolor_on_drop_extension so it does not call lolor.disable()
when handling a drop; let lolor_extension_drop_check reject drops while lolor is
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lolor must be disabled before dropping the extension.
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The event trigger that fires for DROP EXTENSION, DROP SCHEMA lolor CASCADE and DROP OWNED BY calls lolor.disable() to rename the native functions back. disable() refuses while other sessions are connected, because a renamed function keeps its OID and other sessions keep calling the previous implementation, and refuses to run outside a client session. The drop therefore inherited both requirements but reported a refusal as a failure to disable. Check them in the trigger first, under the drop's own name, only while lolor is enabled since a disabled drop renames nothing, and document that dropping the extension has the same requirements as disable(). The documentation said every lo_* call refuses when lolor is loaded on demand. Only loading the library does: CREATE EXTENSION lolor, LOAD 'lolor' and the first call that reaches one of lolor's functions. The native pg_catalog.lo_* functions are unaffected while lolor is not installed or is disabled. t/008 now asserts the drop refusal, and waits for the background session's backend to exit before calling disable(); a backend that was still shutting down could be counted as a connected session.
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The 1.2.3 release on the v1_STABLE branch ships lolor--1.2.2--1.2.3.sql, a script with no statements, since that release changed no SQL. main's only script into 1.3.0 starts at 1.2.2, so an installation at 1.2.3 has nowhere to go: ALTER EXTENSION lolor UPDATE fails with 'extension "lolor" has no update path from version "1.2.3" to version "1.3.0"'. Add the 1.2.2--1.2.3 script to main as released and rename the 1.3.0 script to start from 1.2.3. Installations at 1.2.2 reach 1.3.0 through 1.2.3, and a fresh install follows the same chain. The upgrade test steps through 1.2.3 and checks the version, and the release notes gain the 1.2.3 entry from the stable branch.
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lolor keeps large objects in two ordinary tables of its own instead of the
pg_catalogtables PostgreSQL normally uses. That is what makes them replicable, but PostgreSQL's own bookkeeping knows nothing about those rows, and three things break because of it.A user
alicecreates a large object while lolor is enabled. LaterDROP ROLE alicefails withERROR: unrecognized object class: 16519, and alice cannot be dropped until somebody deletes a row frompg_shdependby hand. lolor wrote a dependency row that points at its own table rather than at a catalog, so PostgreSQL cannot read it, and lolor never deletes it. The opposite case goes wrong too: when alice's object is in lolor storage,DROP ROLE alicesucceeds without a warning, the object is left owned by a role that no longer exists, and there is no way to list or repair such objects.A DBA runs
DROP SCHEMA lolor CASCADE. Every large object in lolor storage is destroyed, andlo_open(),loread()and the rest stay renamed tolo_open_orig()and so on, so large objects stop working in that database. OnlyDROP EXTENSION lolorruns the cleanup; the other ways of removing the extension do not.Any user who may create a function in some schema runs
CREATE FUNCTION public.lolor_lo_open(oid, int4) RETURNS int4 AS 'SELECT 1' LANGUAGE sql. From then onlolor.is_enabled()reportslolor is in inconsistent stateandDROP EXTENSION lolorfails for everyone, because the state checks look the functions up by name across all schemas.lolor.disable()also renames thepg_catalogfunctions while other sessions are connected; those sessions keep calling the old implementation, because they cached the function OIDs when they first used them.An installation running the released 1.2.3 cannot move to 1.3.0 at all.
ALTER EXTENSION lolor UPDATEfails withextension "lolor" has no update path from version "1.2.3" to version "1.3.0", because the only script into 1.3.0 starts at 1.2.2 and main has no 1.2.3 script.How this PR fixes it
lolor no longer writes the
pg_shdependrow, and the upgrade script deletes the ones already present in the database. Two new functions cover the gap that remains:lolor.check_orphans()lists every object in lolor storage whose owner, grantee or grantor has been dropped, andlolor.fix_orphans(new_owner)reassigns them the wayREASSIGN OWNEDwould, keeping grants the dead role made and dropping ACL entries that still name it.Removing the extension is guarded by an object access hook.
DROP EXTENSION lolor,DROP SCHEMA lolor CASCADEandDROP OWNED BYare refused while lolor is enabled (Run lolor.disable() first) or while any object is still in lolor storage (Run lolor.migrate_to_native() first). A superuser can setlolor.allow_unsafe_drop = onto discard what is stored. The event trigger now fires for all three commands, no longer migrates anything, and only restores the native function names; before doing so it applies the same checks aslolor.disable(), so a drop is refused while other sessions are connected, under its own name. The hook has to exist in every backend, so lolor must be listed inshared_preload_libraries:CREATE EXTENSION lolor,LOAD 'lolor'and any call that reaches one of lolor's functions fail withlolor must be loaded via "shared_preload_libraries"when it is loaded on demand. The nativepg_catalog.lo_*functions are not affected while lolor is not installed or is disabled. The docker CI nodes preload lolor once it is built, and every TAP node preloads it.lolor.enable(),lolor.disable()andlolor.is_enabled()check exact function signatures inpg_catalogwithto_regprocedure().enable()anddisable()refuse while another session is connected to the database and refuse to run from anything other than a client session, so replicated DDL cannot execute them inside an apply worker.Because the regression suite now needs a server that preloads lolor,
make installcheckstarts its own instance:REGRESS_OPTS = --temp-instance=./tmp_check --temp-config=regress.conf, withregress.confsettingshared_preload_libraries = 'lolor'andlolor.node = 1.The released
lolor--1.2.2--1.2.3.sqlis added to main as it is onv1_STABLE, and the 1.3.0 script is renamedlolor--1.2.3--1.3.0.sql. An installation at 1.2.2 reaches 1.3.0 through 1.2.3, one at 1.2.3 upgrades directly, and a fresh install follows the same chain. The upgrade test steps through 1.2.3 and checksextversionat each step.