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release-22.2: sql: mark index as GCed if table has been GCed in legacy gc path #100137

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Backport 1/1 commits from #99888.

/cc @cockroachdb/release


Previously, if a table is GCed before an index is GCed by a TRUNCATE TABLE gc job, the TRUNCATE TABLE gc job can be stuck in running status because the table descriptor is missing. This is problematic because these jobs will never succeed and doing nothing. This commit marks the indexes as GCed if the descriptor cannot be found assuming that the table has been GCed. Also, table GC should have GCed all the indexes.

Note that this only affect the legacy GC path.

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Release note (bug fix): This commit fixes a bug where TRUNCATE TABLE gc job can be stuck in running status if table descriptor has been GCed before the truncated indexes are GCed. The bug was only a problem before DelRange is not available.

Release justification: low risk and necessary bug fix for a customer issue.

@chengxiong-ruan chengxiong-ruan requested a review from a team March 30, 2023 15:04
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Previously, if a table is GCed before an index is GCed by a TRUNCATE TABLE
gc job, the TRUNCATE TABLE gc job can be stuck in running status because
the table descriptor is missing. This is problematic because these jobs will
never succeed and doing nothing. This commit marks the indexes as GCed if
the descriptor cannot be found assuming that the table has been GCed. Also,
table GC should have GCed all the indexes.

Note that this only affect the legacy GC path.

Epic: None

Release note (bug fix): This commit fixes a bug where TRUNCATE TABLE gc
job can be stuck in running status if the table descriptor has been GCed.
It was because TRUNCATE TABLE actually creates new empty indexes, then
replaces and drops the old indexes. The dropped indexes data are deleted
and GCed within the TRUNCATE TABLE gc job which needed to see the table
descriptor to make progress. But, if the table data has been GCed, the
TRUNCATE TABLE gc job couldn't make progress. This patch makes it able
to handle the missing descriptor edge case and let the TRUNCATE TABLE
gc job succeed.
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TFTR!

@chengxiong-ruan chengxiong-ruan merged commit e7b37a7 into cockroachdb:release-22.2 Mar 30, 2023
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