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Re: Perform streaming logical transactions by background workers and parallel apply

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

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From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: "houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>, shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, "wangw.fnst@fujitsu.com" <wangw.fnst@fujitsu.com>, "shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com" <shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>
Date: 2023-01-13T04:28:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 9:06 AM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 7:56 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > 3.
> >
> >        <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
> > +       <structfield>leader_pid</structfield> <type>integer</type>
> > +      </para>
> > +      <para>
> > +       Process ID of the leader apply worker if this process is a parallel
> > +       apply worker; NULL if this process is a leader apply worker or does not
> > +       participate in parallel apply, or a synchronization worker
> > +      </para></entry>
> >
> > I felt this change is giving too many details and ended up just
> > muddying the water.
> >
>
> I see that we give a similar description for other parameters as well.
> For example leader_pid in pg_stat_activity,
>

BTW, shouldn't we update leader_pid column in pg_stat_activity as well
to display apply leader PID for parallel apply workers? It will
currently display for other parallel operations like a parallel
vacuum, so I don't see a reason to not do the same for parallel apply
workers.

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

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  1. Fix invalid memory access during the shutdown of the parallel apply worker.

  2. Fix assertion failure in apply worker.

  3. Use elog to report unexpected action in handle_streamed_transaction().

  4. Use appropriate wait event when sending data in the apply worker.

  5. Allow the logical_replication_mode to be used on the subscriber.

  6. Rename GUC logical_decoding_mode to logical_replication_mode.

  7. Display the leader apply worker's PID for parallel apply workers.

  8. Improve the code to decide and process the apply action.

  9. Document the newly added wait events added by commit 216a784829.

  10. Perform apply of large transactions by parallel workers.

  11. Wake up a subscription's replication worker processes after DDL.

  12. Add copyright notices to meson files

  13. Better document logical replication parameters

  14. Add a common function to generate the origin name.

  15. Harmonize parameter names in storage and AM code.

  16. Avoid using list_length() to test for empty list.

  17. Improve two comments related to a boolean DefElem's value

  18. Fix partition table's REPLICA IDENTITY checking on the subscriber.

  19. Fix data inconsistency between publisher and subscriber.

  20. Fix cache look-up failures while applying changes in logical replication.