RE: row filtering for logical replication

Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu) <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>

From: "houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
To: Greg Nancarrow <gregn4422@gmail.com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, "tanghy.fnst@fujitsu.com" <tanghy.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>, vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Rahila Syed <rahilasyed90@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, Önder Kalacı <onderkalaci@gmail.com>, japin <japinli@hotmail.com>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>, Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-01-17T15:30:55Z
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  1. Release cache tuple when no longer needed

  2. Add some additional tests for row filters in logical replication.

  3. Fix one of the tests introduced in commit 52e4f0cd47.

  4. Allow specifying row filters for logical replication of tables.

  5. Move scanint8() to numutils.c

  6. Replace Test::More plans with done_testing

  7. Reduce relcache access in WAL sender streaming logical changes

  8. Small cleanups related to PUBLICATION framework code

  9. Add a view to show the stats of subscription workers.

  10. Allow publishing the tables of schema.

  11. Doc: improve documentation of CREATE/ALTER SUBSCRIPTION.

  12. Add PublicationTable and PublicationRelInfo structs

  13. Remove unused argument "txn" in maybe_send_schema().

  14. Add prepare API support for streaming transactions in logical replication.

  15. Unify PostgresNode's new() and get_new_node() methods

  16. Use l*_node() family of functions where appropriate

  17. Add support for prepared transactions to built-in logical replication.

  18. Restore the portal-level snapshot after procedure COMMIT/ROLLBACK.

  19. Rename a parse node to be more general

  20. Remove unused column atttypmod from initial tablesync query

  21. SEARCH and CYCLE clauses

On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 12:35 PM Greg Nancarrow <gregn4422@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 5:30 PM houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com
> <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >
> > Attach the V65 patch set which addressed the above comments and Peter's
> comments[1].
> > I also fixed some typos and removed some unused code.
> >
> 
> I have several minor comments for the v65-0001 patch:

Thanks for the comments !

> doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_subscription.sgml
> 
> (1)
> Suggest minor doc change:
> 
> BEFORE:
> +          Previously-subscribed tables are not copied, even if the table's row
> +          filter <literal>WHERE</literal> clause had been modified.
> AFTER:
> +          Previously-subscribed tables are not copied, even if a table's row
> +          filter <literal>WHERE</literal> clause had been modified.
> 
> 
> src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c

Changed.

> (2) GetTopMostAncestorInPublication
> Is there a reason why there is no "break" after finding a
> topmost_relid? Why keep searching and potentially overwrite a
> previously-found topmost_relid? If it's intentional, I think that a
> comment should be added to explain it.

The code was moved from get_rel_sync_entry, and was trying to get the
last oid in the ancestor list which is published by the publication. Do you
have some suggestions for the comment ?

> 
> src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
> 
> (3) Grammar
> 
> BEFORE:
> + * Returns true, if any of the columns used in row filter WHERE clause is not
> AFTER:
> + * Returns true, if any of the columns used in the row filter WHERE
> clause are not

Changed.

> 
> (4) contain_invalid_rfcolumn_walker
> Wouldn't this be better named "contains_invalid_rfcolumn_walker"?
> (and references to the functions be updated accordingly)

I am not sure about the name because many existing
functions are named contain_xxx_xxx.
(for example contain_mutable_functions)

> 
> src/backend/executor/execReplication.c
> 
> (5) Comment is difficult to read
> Add commas to make the comment easier to read:
> 
> BEFORE:
> + * It is only safe to execute UPDATE/DELETE when all columns referenced in
> + * the row filters from publications which the relation is in are valid -
> AFTER:
> + * It is only safe to execute UPDATE/DELETE when all columns, referenced in
> + * the row filters from publications which the relation is in, are valid -
>
Changed.

Best regards,
Hou zj