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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: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>
Cc: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@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>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Date: 2024-01-18T11:19:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> PFA v63.
>

1.
+ /* User created slot with the same name exists, raise ERROR. */
+ if (!synced)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+ errmsg("exiting from slot synchronization on receiving"
+    " the failover slot \"%s\" from the primary server",
+    remote_slot->name),
+ errdetail("A user-created slot with the same name already"
+   " exists on the standby."));

I think here primary error message should contain the reason for
failure. Something like: "exiting from slot synchronization because
same name slot already exists on standby" then we can add more details
in errdetail.

2.
+synchronize_one_slot(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, RemoteSlot *remote_slot)
{
...
+ LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+ xmin_horizon = GetOldestSafeDecodingTransactionId(true);
+ SpinLockAcquire(&slot->mutex);
+ slot->data.catalog_xmin = xmin_horizon;
+ SpinLockRelease(&slot->mutex);
...
}

Here, why slot->effective_catalog_xmin is not updated? The same is
required by a later call to ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(). I
see that the prior version v60-0002 has the corresponding change but
it is missing in the latest version. Any reason?

3.
+ * Return true either if the slot is marked as RS_PERSISTENT (sync-ready) or
+ * is synced periodically (if it was already sync-ready). Return false
+ * otherwise.
+ */
+static bool
+update_and_persist_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot)

The second part of the above comment (or is synced periodically (if it
was already sync-ready)) is not clear to me. Does it intend to
describe the case when we try to update the already created temp slot
in the last call. If so, that is not very clear because periodically
sounds like it can be due to repeated sync for sync-ready slot.

4.
+update_and_persist_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot)
{
...
+ (void) local_slot_update(remote_slot);
...
}

Can we write a comment to state the reason why we don't care about the
return value here?

-- 
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).