Re: pg_stat_progress_basebackup - progress reporting for pg_basebackup, in the server side

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>

From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>
To: Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, "Shinoda, Noriyoshi (PN Japan A&PS Delivery)" <noriyoshi.shinoda@hpe.com>, Masahiko Sawada <masahiko.sawada@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-03-10T17:19:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On 2020/03/10 22:43, Amit Langote wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 6:09 PM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
>>> So, I will make the patch adding support for --no-estimate-size option
>>> in pg_basebackup.
>>
>> Patch attached.
> 
> Like the idea and the patch looks mostly good.

Thanks for reviewing the patch!

> +      total size. If the estimation is disabled in
> +      <application>pg_basebackup</application>
> +      (i.e., <literal>--no-estimate-size</literal> option is specified),
> +      this is always <literal>0</literal>.
> 
> "always" seems unnecessary.

Fixed.

> +        This option prevents the server from estimating the total
> +        amount of backup data that will be streamed. In other words,
> +        <literal>backup_total</literal> column in the
> +        <structname>pg_stat_progress_basebackup</structname>
> +        view always indicates <literal>0</literal> if this option is enabled.
> 
> Here too.

Fixed.

Attached is the updated version of the patch.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao
NTT DATA CORPORATION
Advanced Platform Technology Group
Research and Development Headquarters

Commits

  1. Report NULL as total backup size if it's not estimated.

  2. Make pg_basebackup ask the server to estimate the total backup size, by default.

  3. Report progress of streaming base backup.