Re: RecoveryWalAll and RecoveryWalStream wait events

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:55 AM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>
wrote:

> >  >    Waiting when WAL data is not available from any kind of sources
> >  >    (local, archive or stream) before trying again to retrieve WAL
> data,
> >
> > I think 'local' means pg_wal here, but the comment on
> > WaitForWALToBecomeAvailable() says checking pg_wal in
> > standby mode is 'not documented', so I'm a little bit worried
> > that users may be confused.
>
> This logic seems to be documented in high-availability.sgml.


Thanks! I didn't notice it.
I think you mean the below sentence.

>  The standby server will also attempt to restore any WAL found in the
standby cluster's pg_wal directory.

It seems the comment on WaitForWALToBecomeAvailable()
does not go along with the high-availability.sgml, do we need
modification on the comment on the function?
Or do I misunderstand something?

But, anyway, you think that "pg_wal" should be used instead

of "local" here?


I don't have special opinion here.
It might be better because high-availability.sgml does not use
"local" but "pg_wal" for the explanation,  but I also feel it's
obvious in this context.


Regards,

--
Torikoshi Atsushi