Remove nodes that do not have any connections

src/backend/distributed/connection/shared_connection_stats.c

@@ -184,20 +184,44 @@ StoreAllConnections(Tuplestorestate *tupleStore, TupleDesc tupleDescriptor)
 void
 RemoveInactiveNodesFromSharedConnections(void)
 {
-	/* we're reading all shared connections, prevent any changes */
+	/* we're modifying connections, prevent any changes */
 	LockConnectionSharedMemory(LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	HASH_SEQ_STATUS status;
 	SharedConnStatsHashEntry *connectionEntry = NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * In the first iteration, try to remove worker nodes that doesn't have any active
+	 * conections and the node does not exits in the metadata anymore.
+	 */
+	hash_seq_init(&status, SharedConnStatsHash);
+	while ((connectionEntry = (SharedConnStatsHashEntry *) hash_seq_search(&status)) != 0)
+	{
+		SharedConnStatsHashKey connectionKey = connectionEntry->key;
+		WorkerNode *workerNode =
+			FindWorkerNode(connectionKey.hostname, connectionKey.port);
+
+		if (connectionEntry->connectionCount == 0 &&
+			(workerNode == NULL || !workerNode->isActive))
+		{
+			hash_search(SharedConnStatsHash, &connectionKey, HASH_REMOVE, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+
 	int entryCount = hash_get_num_entries(SharedConnStatsHash);
 	if (entryCount + 1 < MaxWorkerNodesTracked)
 	{
+		/* we're good, we have at least one more space for a new worker */
 		UnLockConnectionSharedMemory();
 
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We aimed to remove nodes that don't have any open connections. If we
+	 * failed to find one, we have to be more aggressive and remove at least
+	 * one of the inactive ones.
+	 */
 	hash_seq_init(&status, SharedConnStatsHash);
 	while ((connectionEntry = (SharedConnStatsHashEntry *) hash_seq_search(&status)) != 0)
 	{
@@ -208,9 +232,14 @@ RemoveInactiveNodesFromSharedConnections(void)
 		if (workerNode == NULL || !workerNode->isActive)
 		{
 			hash_search(SharedConnStatsHash, &connectionKey, HASH_REMOVE, NULL);
+
+			hash_seq_term(&status);
+
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	UnLockConnectionSharedMemory();
 }
 
@@ -438,7 +467,7 @@ DecrementSharedConnectionCounter(const char *hostname, int port)
 	}
 
 	/* we should never go below 0 */
-	Assert (connectionEntry->connectionCount > 0);
+	Assert(connectionEntry->connectionCount > 0);
 
 	connectionEntry->connectionCount -= 1;