Re: backup manifests

David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>

From: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Suraj Kharage <suraj.kharage@enterprisedb.com>, tushar <tushar.ahuja@enterprisedb.com>, Rajkumar Raghuwanshi <rajkumar.raghuwanshi@enterprisedb.com>, Rushabh Lathia <rushabh.lathia@gmail.com>, Tels <nospam-pg-abuse@bloodgate.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Jeevan Chalke <jeevan.chalke@enterprisedb.com>, vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Date: 2020-03-30T00:48:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. Try to avoid compiler warnings in optimized builds.

  2. Fix option related issues in pg_verifybackup.

  3. Add index term for backup manifest in documentation.

  4. Code review for backup manifest.

  5. Document the backup manifest file format.

  6. Fix typo in pg_validatebackup documentation.

  7. Exclude backup_manifest file that existed in database, from BASE_BACKUP.

  8. Msys2 tweaks for pg_validatebackup corruption test

  9. Fix resource management bug with replication=database.

  10. Be more careful about time_t vs. pg_time_t in basebackup.c.

  11. pg_validatebackup: Fix 'make clean' to remove tmp_check.

  12. pg_validatebackup: Also use perl2host in TAP tests.

  13. Generate backup manifests for base backups, and validate them.

  14. Add checksum helper functions.

  15. pg_waldump: Add a --quiet option.

  16. Catversion bump for b9b408c48724

  17. pg_basebackup: Refactor code for reading COPY and tar data.

  18. Use a ResourceOwner to track buffer pins in all cases.

  19. Use ARMv8 CRC instructions where available.

  20. Logical replication support for initial data copy

  21. Use Intel SSE 4.2 CRC instructions where available.

  22. Switch to CRC-32C in WAL and other places.

  23. Remove support for 64-bit CRC.

  24. Change CRCs in WAL records from 64bit to 32bit for performance reasons.

On 3/29/20 8:33 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:32 PM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> 
>> FWIW, I was thinking of backup_manifest.checksum potentially being
>> desirable for another reason: The need to embed the checksum inside the
>> document imo adds a fair bit of rigidity to the file format. See
> 
> Well, David Steele suggested this approach. I didn't particularly like
> it, but nobody showed up to agree with me or propose anything
> different, so here we are. I don't think it's the end of the world.

I prefer the embedded checksum even though it is a pain. It's a lot less 
likely to go missing.

-- 
-David
david@pgmasters.net