Re: Implement waiting for wal lsn replay: reloaded

Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>

From: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
To: Yura Sokolov <y.sokolov@postgrespro.ru>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-03-10T11:30:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. Clean up 019_replslot_limit.pl comments

  2. Stabilize 019_replslot_limit.pl: wait on slot restart_lsn

  3. Use WAIT FOR LSN in PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster::wait_for_catchup()

  4. Add tab completion for the WAIT FOR LSN MODE option

  5. Add the MODE option to the WAIT FOR LSN command

  6. Extend xlogwait infrastructure with write and flush wait types

  7. Unify error messages

  8. Optimize shared memory usage for WaitLSNProcInfo

  9. Fix WaitLSNWakeup() fast-path check for InvalidXLogRecPtr

  10. Fix incorrect function name in comments

  11. Add infrastructure for efficient LSN waiting

  12. Add pairingheap_initialize() for shared memory usage

  13. Implement WAIT FOR command

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM Yura Sokolov <y.sokolov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> 28.02.2025 16:03, Yura Sokolov пишет:
> > 17.02.2025 00:27, Alexander Korotkov wrote:
> >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM Yura Sokolov <y.sokolov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> >>> I briefly looked into patch and have couple of minor remarks:
> >>>
> >>> 1. I don't like `palloc` in the `WaitLSNWakeup`. I believe it wont issue
> >>> problems, but still don't like it. I'd prefer to see local fixed array, say
> >>> of 16 elements, and loop around remaining function body acting in batch of
> >>> 16 wakeups. Doubtfully there will be more than 16 waiting clients often,
> >>> and even then it wont be much heavier than fetching all at once.
> >>
> >> OK, I've refactored this to use static array of 16 size.  palloc() is
> >> used only if we don't fit static array.
> >
> > I've rebased patch and:
> > - fixed compiler warning in wait.c ("maybe uninitialized 'result'").
> > - made a loop without call to palloc in WaitLSNWakeup. It is with "goto" to
> > keep indentation, perhaps `do {} while` would be better?
>
> And fixed:
>    'WAIT' is marked as BARE_LABEL in kwlist.h, but it is missing from
> gram.y's bare_label_keyword rule

Thank you, Yura.  I've further revised the patch.  Mostly added the
documentation including SQL command reference and few paragraphs in
the high availability chapter explaining the read-your-writes
consistency concept.

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Regards,
Alexander Korotkov
Supabase