Bug 3883 revisited

The "TRUNCATE table while we're holding references to it" bug (3883), is
causing an assertion failure on 8.2, when the TRUNCATE is called in a
trigger:

Script:

CREATE TABLE proc(n int);
INSERT INTO proc VALUES (9);

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION deltrig() RETURNS trigger LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
BEGIN
EXECUTE 'TRUNCATE TABLE proc';
RETURN OLD;
end;
$$;

CREATE TRIGGER trg_proc BEFORE DELETE ON PROC FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE
PROCEDURE deltrig();

DELETE FROM proc WHERE n=9;

Error message:

TRAP: FailedAssertion("!(( ((void) ((bool) ((! assert_enabled) || !
(!(((void*)(lp) != ((void *)0)))) ||
(ExceptionalCondition("!(((void*)(lp) != ((void *)0)))",
("FailedAssertion"), "heapam.c", 1595))))), (bool) (((lp)->lp_flags &
0x01) != 0) ))", File: "heapam.c", Line: 1595)

With assertions disabled, you get an "attempted to delete invisible
tuple" error, but it seems like good luck that it doesn't lead to a crash.

I think we need to backpatch the fix for this...

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Heikki Linnakangas
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