Re: Fix bloom WAL tap test

Alexander Korotkov <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru>

From: Alexander Korotkov <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-09-29T13:32:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Alexander Korotkov <
a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Alexander Korotkov <
> a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
>
>> I just realized that these lines of contrib/bloom/t/001_wal.pl don't
>> check that queries give same results on master and standby.  They just
>> check that *return codes* of psql are equal.
>>
>> # Run test queries and compare their result
>>> my $master_result = $node_master->psql("postgres", $queries);
>>> my $standby_result = $node_standby->psql("postgres", $queries);
>>> is($master_result, $standby_result, "$test_name: query result matches");
>>
>>
>> Attached patch fixes this problem by using safe_psql() which returns psql
>> output instead of return code.  For safety, this patch replaces psql() with
>> safe_psql() in other places too.
>>
>> I think this should be backpatched to 9.6 as bugfix.
>>
>
> Also, it would be nice to call wal-check on bloom check (now wal-check
> isn't called even on check-world).
> See attached patch.  My changes to Makefile could be cumbersome.  Sorry
> for that, I don't have much experience with them...
>

This topic didn't receive any attention yet.  Apparently, it's because of
in-progress commitfest and upcoming release.
I've registered it on upcoming commitfest as bug fix.
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/15/1313/

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Alexander Korotkov
Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com
The Russian Postgres Company

Commits

  1. Tighten test in contrib/bloom/t/001_wal.pl.