Use barrier semantics when reading/writing writtenUpto
Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
Author:
Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-05-03T13:22:02Z
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Use barrier semantics when reading/writing writtenUpto The walreceiver publishes its write position lock-free via writtenUpto. On weakly-ordered architectures (ARM, PowerPC), both sides of this handshake need explicit barriers so that the lock-less reader sees a consistent state. Use pg_atomic_write_membarrier_u64() at both write sites and pg_atomic_read_membarrier_u64() in GetWalRcvWriteRecPtr(). This matches the barrier semantics that GetWalRcvFlushRecPtr() and other LSN-position functions get implicitly from their spinlock acquire/release, and protects from bugs caused by expectations of similar barrier guarantees from different LSN-position functions. Reported-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/zqbppucpmkeqecfy4s5kscnru4tbk6khp3ozqz6ad2zijz354k%40w4bdf4z3wqoz Author: Xuneng Zhou <xunengzhou@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Reviewed-by: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c | modified | +1 −1 |
| src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c | modified | +11 −3 |
Discussion
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