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Re: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

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From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>
Cc: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu.coek88@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Date: 2024-01-31T10:42:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 2:02 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for updating the patches. As for the slotsync worker patch,
> is there any reason why 0001, 0002, and 0004 patches are still
> separated?
>

No specific reason, it could be easier to review those parts.

>
> Beside, here are some comments on v74 0001, 0002, and 0004 patches:
>
> ---
> +static char *
> +wait_for_valid_params_and_get_dbname(void)
> +{
> +   char       *dbname;
> +   int         rc;
> +
> +   /* Sanity check. */
> +   Assert(enable_syncslot);
> +
> +   for (;;)
> +   {
> +       if (validate_parameters_and_get_dbname(&dbname))
> +           break;
> +       ereport(LOG, errmsg("skipping slot synchronization"));
> +
> +       ProcessSlotSyncInterrupts(NULL);
>
> When reading this function, I expected that the slotsync worker would
> resume working once the parameters became valid, but it was not
> correct. For example, if I changed hot_standby_feedback from off to
> on, the slotsync worker reads the config file, exits, and then
> restarts. Given that the slotsync worker ends up exiting on parameter
> changes anyway, why do we want to have it wait for parameters to
> become valid?
>

Right, the reason for waiting is to avoid repeated re-start of
slotsync worker if the required parameter is not changed. To follow
that, I think we should simply continue when the required parameter is
changed and is valid. But, I think during actual slotsync, if
connection_info is changed then there is no option but to restart.

>
> ---
> +bool
> +SlotSyncWorkerCanRestart(void)
> +{
> +#define SLOTSYNC_RESTART_INTERVAL_SEC 10
> +
>
> IIUC depending on how busy the postmaster is and the timing, the user
> could wait for 1 min to re-launch the slotsync worker. But I think the
> user might want to re-launch the slotsync worker more quickly for
> example when the slotsync worker restarts due to parameter changes.
> IIUC SloSyncWorkerCanRestart() doesn't consider the fact that the
> slotsync worker previously exited with 0 or 1.
>

Considering my previous where we don't want to restart for a required
parameter change, isn't it better to avoid repeated restart (say when
the user gave an invalid dbname)? BTW, I think this restart interval
is added based on your previous complaint [1].

>
> ---
> When I dropped a database on the primary that has a failover slot, I
> got the following logs on the standby:
>
> 2024-01-31 17:25:21.750 JST [1103933] FATAL:  replication slot "s" is
> active for PID 1103935
> 2024-01-31 17:25:21.750 JST [1103933] CONTEXT:  WAL redo at 0/3020D20
> for Database/DROP: dir 1663/16384
> 2024-01-31 17:25:21.751 JST [1103930] LOG:  startup process (PID
> 1103933) exited with exit code 1
>
> It seems that because the slotsync worker created the slot on the
> standby, the slot's active_pid is still valid.
>

But we release the slot after sync. And we do take a shared lock on
the database to make the startup process wait for slotsync. There is
one gap which is that we don't reset active_pid for temp slots in
ReplicationSlotRelease(), so for temp slots such an error can occur
but OTOH, we immediately make the slot persistent after sync. As per
my understanding, it is only possible to get this error if the initial
sync doesn't happen and the slot remains temporary. Is that your case?
How did reproduce this?

 That is why the startup
> process could not drop the slot.
>

[1] - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAD21AoApGoTZu7D_7%3DbVYQqKnj%2BPZ2Rz%2Bnc8Ky1HPQMS_XL6%2BA%40mail.gmail.com

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

Commits

  1. Doc: Add the new section "Logical Replication Failover".

  2. Fix the review comments and a bug in the slot sync code.

  3. Fix a test in failover slots regression test.

  4. Fix the intermittent buildfarm failures in 040_standby_failover_slots_sync.

  5. Split XLogCtl->LogwrtResult into separate struct members

  6. Ensure that the sync slots reach a consistent state after promotion without losing data.

  7. Introduce a new GUC 'standby_slot_names'.

  8. Fix BF failure introduced by commit b3f6b14cf4.

  9. Fixups for commit 93db6cbda0.

  10. Fix BF failure in commit 93db6cbda0.

  11. Add a new slot sync worker to synchronize logical slots.

  12. Improve ERROR/LOG messages added by commits ddd5f4f54a and 7a424ece48.

  13. Disable autovacuum on primary in 040_standby_failover_slots_sync test.

  14. Fix the incorrect format specifier used in commit 7a424ece48.

  15. Change the LOG level in 040_standby_failover_slots_sync.pl to DEBUG2.

  16. Add more LOG and DEBUG messages for slot synchronization.

  17. Another try to fix BF failure introduced in commit ddd5f4f54a.

  18. Fix BF introduced in commit ddd5f4f54a.

  19. Add a slot synchronization function.

  20. Clean-ups for 776621a5e4 and 7329240437.

  21. Enhance libpqrcv APIs to support slot synchronization.

  22. Add a failover option to subscriptions.

  23. Allow setting failover property in the replication command.

  24. Allow to enable failover property for replication slots via SQL API.

  25. Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.

  26. Track conflict_reason in pg_replication_slots.

  27. Allow upgrades to preserve the full subscription's state.

  28. Add support for incremental backup.

  29. Simplify some logic in CreateReplicationSlot()

  30. Fix uninitialized access to InitialRunningXacts during decoding after ERROR.

  31. Flexible options for CREATE_REPLICATION_SLOT.

  32. Empty search_path in logical replication apply worker and walsender.

  33. Fix oldest xmin and LSN computation across repslots after advancing

  34. Require C99 (and thus MSCV 2013 upwards).