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Re: [HACKERS] logical decoding of two-phase transactions

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

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From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-11-18T08:38:21Z
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:18 PM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> Using a tablesync debugging technique as described in another mail
> thread [1][2] I have caused the tablesync worker to handle (e.g.
> apply_dispatch) a 2PC PREPARE
>
> This exposes a problem with the current 2PC logic because if/when the
> PREPARE is processed by the tablesync worker then the txn will end up
> being COMMITTED, even though the 2PC PREPARE has not yet been COMMIT
> PREPARED by the publisher.
>

IIUC, this is the problem with the patch being discussed here, right?
Because before this we won't decode at Prepare time.

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

Commits

  1. Add prepare API support for streaming transactions in logical replication.

  2. Doc: minor improvements for logical replication protocol documentation.

  3. Fix test failure in 021_twophase.pl.

  4. Refactor to make common functions in proto.c and worker.c.

  5. Unify PostgresNode's new() and get_new_node() methods

  6. Fix potential buffer overruns in proto.c.

  7. Add support for prepared transactions to built-in logical replication.

  8. Refactor function parse_subscription_options.

  9. Allow enabling two-phase option via replication protocol.

  10. Don't use Asserts to check for violations of replication protocol.

  11. Improve psql tab completion for options of subcriptions and publications

  12. Rearrange logrep worker's snapshot handling some more.

  13. doc: Update information of new messages for logical replication.

  14. ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... ADD/DROP PUBLICATION

  15. Allow pgoutput to send logical decoding messages.

  16. Refactor function parse_output_parameters.

  17. Avoid repeated decoding of prepared transactions after a restart.

  18. Fix an oversight in ReorderBufferFinishPrepared.

  19. Allow multiple xacts during table sync in logical replication.

  20. Fix replication of in-progress transactions in tablesync worker.

  21. Fix 'skip-empty-xacts' option in test_decoding for streaming mode.

  22. Use Enum for top level logical replication message types.

  23. Add support for streaming to built-in logical replication.

  24. Fix the logical streaming test.

  25. Implement streaming mode in ReorderBuffer.

  26. Extend the logical decoding output plugin API with stream methods.

  27. Store 2PC GID in commit/abort WAL recs for logical decoding