Re: [HACKERS] make async slave to wait for lsn to be replayed

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 3:46 PM Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 11:36 AM Kartyshov Ivan
> <i.kartyshov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Alexander, Here, I made some improvements according to your
> > discussion with Heikki.
> >
> > On 2024-04-11 18:09, Alexander Korotkov wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 1:46 AM Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
> > > wrote:
> > >> In a nutshell, it's possible for the loop in WaitForLSN to exit
> > >> without
> > >> cleaning up the process from the heap. I was able to hit that by
> > >> adding
> > >> a delay after the addLSNWaiter() call:
> > >>
> > >> > TRAP: failed Assert("!procInfo->inHeap"), File: "../src/backend/commands/waitlsn.c", Line: 114, PID: 1936152
> > >> > postgres: heikki postgres [local] CALL(ExceptionalCondition+0xab)[0x55da1f68787b]
> > >> > postgres: heikki postgres [local] CALL(+0x331ec8)[0x55da1f204ec8]
> > >> > postgres: heikki postgres [local] CALL(WaitForLSN+0x139)[0x55da1f2052cc]
> > >> > postgres: heikki postgres [local] CALL(pg_wal_replay_wait+0x18b)[0x55da1f2056e5]
> > >> > postgres: heikki postgres [local] CALL(ExecuteCallStmt+0x46e)[0x55da1f18031a]
> > >> > postgres: heikki postgres [local] CALL(standard_ProcessUtility+0x8cf)[0x55da1f4b26c9]
> > >>
> > >> I think there's a similar race condition if the timeout is reached at
> > >> the same time that the startup process wakes up the process.
> > >
> > > Thank you for catching this.  I think WaitForLSN() just needs to call
> > > deleteLSNWaiter() unconditionally after exit from the loop.
> >
> > Fix and add injection point test on this race condition.
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 1:46 AM Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
> > > wrote:
> > >> The docs could use some-copy-editing, but just to point out one issue:
> > >>
> > >> > There are also procedures to control the progress of recovery.
> > >>
> > >> That's copy-pasted from an earlier sentence at the table that lists
> > >> functions like pg_promote(), pg_wal_replay_pause(), and
> > >> pg_is_wal_replay_paused(). The pg_wal_replay_wait() doesn't control
> > >> the
> > >> progress of recovery like those functions do, it only causes the
> > >> calling
> > >> backend to wait.
> >
> > Fix documentation and add extra tests on multi-standby replication
> > and cascade replication.
>
> Thank you for the revised patch.
>
> I see couple of items which are not addressed in this revision.
>  * As Heikki pointed, that it's currently not possible in one round
> trip to call call pg_wal_replay_wait() and do other job.  The attached
> patch addresses this.  It milds the requirement.  Now, it's not
> necessary to be in atomic context.  It's only necessary to have no
> active snapshot.  This new requirement works for me so far.  I
> appreciate a feedback on this.
>  * As Alvaro pointed, multiple waiters case isn't covered by the test
> suite.  That leads to no coverage of some code paths.  The attached
> patch addresses this by adding a test case with multiple waiters.
>
> The rest looks good to me.

Oh, I forgot some notes about 044_wal_replay_wait_injection_test.pl.

1. It's not clear why this test needs node_standby2 at all.  It seems useless.
2. The target LSN is set to pg_current_wal_insert_lsn() + 10000.  This
location seems to be unachievable in this test.  So, it's not clear
what race condition this test could potentially detect.
3. I think it would make sense to check for the race condition
reported by Heikki.  That is to insert the injection point at the
beginning of WaitLSNSetLatches().

Links.
1. https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAPpHfdvGRssjqwX1%2Bidm5Tu-eWsTcx6DthB2LhGqA1tZ29jJaw%40mail.gmail.com#557900e860457a9e24256c93a2ad4920

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Regards,
Alexander Korotkov
Supabase