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Re: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby

Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>

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From: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
To: "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>, shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.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>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Date: 2024-04-02T14:12:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 7:25 PM Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)
<houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> > 1. Can we just remove pg_logical_replication_slot_advance and use
> > LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckSnapState instead? If worried about the
> > function naming, LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckSnapState can be renamed to
> > pg_logical_replication_slot_advance?
> >
> > + * Advance our logical replication slot forward. See
> > + * LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckSnapState for details.
> >   */
> >  static XLogRecPtr
> >  pg_logical_replication_slot_advance(XLogRecPtr moveto)
> >  {
>
> It was commented[1] that it's not appropriate for the
> pg_logical_replication_slot_advance to have an out parameter
> 'ready_for_decoding' which looks bit awkward as the functionality doesn't match
> the name, and is also not consistent with the style of
> pg_physical_replication_slot_advance(). So, we added a new function.

I disagree here. A new function just for a parameter is not that great
IMHO. I'd just rename LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckSnapState(XLogRecPtr
moveto, bool *found_consistent_snapshot) to
pg_logical_replication_slot_advance(XLogRecPtr moveto, bool
*found_consistent_snapshot) and use it. If others don't like this, I'd
at least turn pg_logical_replication_slot_advance(XLogRecPtr moveto) a
static inline function.

> > 5. As far as the test case for this issue is concerned, I'm fine with
> > adding one using an INJECTION point because we seem to be having no
> > consistent way to control postgres writing current snapshot to WAL.
>
> Since me and my colleagues can reproduce the issue consistently after applying
> 0002 and it could be rare for concurrent xl_running_xacts to happen, we discussed[2] to
> consider adding the INJECTION point after pushing the main fix.

Right.

> > 7.
> > +    /*
> > +     * We need to access the system tables during decoding to build the
> > +     * logical changes unless we are in fast-forward mode where no changes
> > are
> > +     * generated.
> > +     */
> > +    if (slot->data.database != MyDatabaseId && !fast_forward)
> >
> > May I know if we need this change for this fix?
>
> The slotsync worker needs to advance the slots from different databases in
> fast_forward. So, we need to skip this check in fast_forward mode. The analysis can
> be found in [3].
-    if (slot->data.database != MyDatabaseId)
+    /*
+     * We need to access the system tables during decoding to build the
+     * logical changes unless we are in fast_forward mode where no changes are
+     * generated.
+     */
+    if (slot->data.database != MyDatabaseId && !fast_forward)
         ereport(ERROR,

It's not clear from the comment that we need it for a slotsync worker
to advance the slots from different databases. Can this be put into
the comment? Also, specify in the comment, why this is safe?

Also, if this change is needed for only slotsync workers, why not
protect it with IsSyncingReplicationSlots()? Otherwise, it might
impact non-slotsync callers, no?

--
Bharath Rupireddy
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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).