Re: Logical Replication of sequences

vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>

From: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
To: Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>
Cc: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>, "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-05-29T14:41:15Z
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  1. Doc: Add documentation for sequence synchronization.

  2. Remove unused assignment in CREATE PUBLICATION grammar.

  3. Add seq_sync_error_count to subscription statistics.

  4. Fix few issues in commit 5509055d69.

  5. Add sequence synchronization for logical replication.

  6. Add worker type argument to logical replication worker functions.

  7. Introduce "REFRESH SEQUENCES" for subscriptions.

  8. Refactor logical worker synchronization code into a separate file.

  9. Standardize use of REFRESH PUBLICATION in code and messages.

  10. Add "ALL SEQUENCES" support to publications.

  11. Expose sequence page LSN via pg_get_sequence_data.

  12. Resume conflict-relevant data retention automatically.

  13. Post-commit review fixes for 228c370868.

  14. Generate GUC tables from .dat file

>
> Some review comments for patch 0001:
> 1. In src/backend/commands/sequence.c
> in pg_sequence_state()
> + /* open and lock sequence */
> + init_sequence(seq_relid, &elm, &seqrel);
> +
> + if (pg_class_aclcheck(elm->relid, GetUserId(),
> +  ACL_SELECT | ACL_USAGE) != ACLCHECK_OK)
> + ereport(ERROR,
> + errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
> + errmsg("permission denied for sequence %s",
> +   RelationGetRelationName(seqrel)));
> +
>
> How about using aclcheck_error for this, which also supports error messages for specific access errors. Most other objects seem to be using this.
> if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
> aclcheck_error(aclresult, get_relkind_objtype(seqrel->relkind),
>   RelationGetRelationName(seqrel));

I felt this is ok in this case as it is used similarly in
nextval_internal, currval_oid, lastval, do_setval and
pg_sequence_parameters also

> 2. in function pg_sequence_state()
> +
> + UnlockReleaseBuffer(buf);
> + relation_close(seqrel, NoLock);
>
> Ideally the corresponding close for init_sequence is sequence_close() rather than relation_close()

Fixed

The comment for the same is handled in the v2025029 version patch
attached at [1].
[1] - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CALDaNm0ssEaHW8by5kd1%3DwE7LPMhhBiV6971JbFWsY6Qwp7NMw%40mail.gmail.com

Regards,
Vignesh