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

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: "houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, "wangw.fnst@fujitsu.com" <wangw.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, "shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com" <shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-12-21T11:59:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 11:02 AM houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com
<houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
>
> Attach the new patch set which also includes some
> cosmetic comment changes.
>

I noticed one problem with the recent change in the patch.

+ * The fileset state should become FS_SERIALIZE_DONE once we have waited
+ * for a lock in the FS_SERIALIZE_IN_PROGRESS state, so we get the state
+ * again and recheck it later.
+ */
+ if (fileset_state == FS_SERIALIZE_IN_PROGRESS)
+ {
+ pa_lock_stream(MyParallelShared->xid, AccessShareLock);
+ pa_unlock_stream(MyParallelShared->xid, AccessShareLock);
+
+ fileset_state = pa_get_fileset_state();
+ Assert(fileset_state == FS_SERIALIZE_DONE);

This is not always true because say due to deadlock, this lock is
released by the leader worker, in that case, the file state will be
still in progress. So, I think we need a change like the below:
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c
b/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c
index 45faa74596..8076786f0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/applyparallelworker.c
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ pa_spooled_messages(void)
         * the leader had serialized all changes which can lead to undetected
         * deadlock.
         *
-        * The fileset state must be FS_SERIALIZE_DONE once the leader
worker has
-        * finished serializing the changes.
+        * Note that the fileset state can be FS_SERIALIZE_DONE once the leader
+        * worker has finished serializing the changes.
         */
        if (fileset_state == FS_SERIALIZE_IN_PROGRESS)
        {
@@ -695,7 +695,6 @@ pa_spooled_messages(void)
                pa_unlock_stream(MyParallelShared->xid, AccessShareLock);

                fileset_state = pa_get_fileset_state();
-               Assert(fileset_state == FS_SERIALIZE_DONE);

-- 
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.