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Re: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby

Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>

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From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
To: "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Cc: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, "Drouvot, Bertrand" <bertranddrouvot.pg@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: 2023-12-19T01:27:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Here are some comments for the patch v49-0002.

(This is in addition to my review comments for v48-0002 [1])

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src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c


1. FinishWalRecovery

+ *
+ * We do not update the sync_state from READY to NONE here, as any failed
+ * update could leave some slots in the 'NONE' state, causing issues during
+ * slot sync after restarting the server as a standby. While updating after
+ * switching to the new timeline is an option, it does not simplify the
+ * handling for both READY and NONE state slots. Therefore, we retain the
+ * READY state slots after promotion as they can provide useful information
+ * about their origin.
+ */

Do you know if that wording is correct? e.g., If you were updating
from READY to NONE and there was a failed update, that would leave
some slots still in a READY state, right? So why does the comment say
"could leave some slots in the 'NONE' state"?

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src/backend/replication/slot.c

2. ReplicationSlotAlter

+ /*
+ * Do not allow users to drop the slots which are currently being synced
+ * from the primary to the standby.
+ */
+ if (RecoveryInProgress() &&
+ MyReplicationSlot->data.sync_state != SYNCSLOT_STATE_NONE)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+ errmsg("cannot alter replication slot \"%s\"", name),
+ errdetail("This slot is being synced from the primary server.")));
+

The comment looks wrong -- should say "Do not allow users to alter..."

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3.
+##################################################
+# Test that synchronized slot can neither be decoded nor dropped by the user
+##################################################
+

3a,
/Test that synchronized slot/Test that a synchronized slot/

3b.
Isn't there a missing test? Should this part also check that it cannot
ALTER the replication slot being synced? e.g. test for the new v49
error message that was added in ReplicationSlotAlter()

~~~

4.
+# Disable hot_standby_feedback
+$standby1->safe_psql('postgres', 'ALTER SYSTEM SET
hot_standby_feedback = off;');
+$standby1->restart;
+

Can there be a comment added to explain why you are doing the
'hot_standby_feedback' toggle?

~~~

5.
+##################################################
+# Promote the standby1 to primary. Confirm that:
+# a) the sync-ready('r') slot 'lsub1_slot' is retained on the new primary
+# b) the initiated('i') slot 'logical_slot' is dropped on promotion
+# c) logical replication for regress_mysub1 is resumed succesfully
after failover
+##################################################

/succesfully/successfully/

~~~

6.
+
+# Confirm that data in tab_mypub3 replicated on subscriber
+is( $subscriber1->safe_psql('postgres', q{SELECT count(*) FROM tab_int;}),
+ "$primary_row_count",
+ 'data replicated from the new primary');

The comment is wrong -- it names a different table ('tab_mypub3' ?) to
what the SQL says.

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[1] My v48-0002 review comments.
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAHut%2BPsyZQZ1A4XcKw-D%3DvcTg16pN9Dw0PzE8W_X7Yz_bv00rQ%40mail.gmail.com

Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia

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).