Understanding Transaction Bugs in Database Systems
Ziyu Cui, Wensheng Dou, Yu Gao, Dong Wang, Jiansen Song, Yingying Zheng, Tao Wang, Rui Yang, Kang Xu, Yixin Hu, Jun Wei, Huang Tao · 2024
Transactions are used to guarantee data consistency and integrity in Database Management Systems (DBMSs), and have become an indispensable component in DBMSs. However, faulty designs and implementations of DBMSs' transaction processing mechanisms can introduce transaction bugs, and lead to severe consequences, e.g., incorrect database states and DBMS crashes. An in-depth understanding of real-world transaction bugs can significantly promote effective techniques in combating transaction bugs in DBMSs.