Re: [PATCH] Support automatic sequence replication

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>
Cc: "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu.coek88@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-02-27T11:07:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com> wrote:
>

Few comments:
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1.
+ oldctx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(SequenceSyncContext);

- initStringInfo(&app_name);
- appendStringInfo(&app_name, "pg_%u_sequence_sync_" UINT64_FORMAT,
- MySubscription->oid, GetSystemIdentifier());
+ /* Process sequences */
+ sequence_copied = copy_sequences(conn, seqinfos);

- /*
- * Establish the connection to the publisher for sequence synchronization.
- */
- LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn =
- walrcv_connect(MySubscription->conninfo, true, true,
-    must_use_password,
-    app_name.data, &err);
- if (LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn == NULL)
- ereport(ERROR,
- errcode(ERRCODE_CONNECTION_FAILURE),
- errmsg("sequencesync worker for subscription \"%s\" could not
connect to the publisher: %s",
-    MySubscription->name, err));
-
- pfree(app_name.data);
-
- copy_sequences(LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn);
+ MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldctx);

It is better to switch to SequenceSyncContext at the caller of
LogicalRepSyncSequences similar to what we are doing for
ApplyMessageContext.

2.
@@ -4221,6 +4221,7 @@ LogicalRepApplyLoop(XLogRecPtr last_received)
  ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
  }

+
  if (rc & WL_TIMEOUT)

Spurious line addition.

3. Apart from above, the attached patch contains comments and cosmetic changes.

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

Commits

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  1. Don't include wait_event.h in pgstat.h

  2. Don't include proc.h in shm_mq.h

  3. Fix unsafe RTE_GROUP removal in simplify_EXISTS_query

  4. Add sequence synchronization for logical replication.