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RE: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby

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

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From: "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
To: Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>, shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.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>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Date: 2024-01-12T14:21:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Friday, January 12, 2024 8:00 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

> 
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 7:53 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 6:39 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > +static bool
> > > +synchronize_one_slot(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, RemoteSlot
> > > +*remote_slot)
> > > {
> > > ...
> > > + /* Slot ready for sync, so sync it. */ else {
> > > + /*
> > > + * Sanity check: With hot_standby_feedback enabled and
> > > + * invalidations handled appropriately as above, this should never
> > > + * happen.
> > > + */
> > > + if (remote_slot->restart_lsn < slot->data.restart_lsn) elog(ERROR,
> > > + "cannot synchronize local slot \"%s\" LSN(%X/%X)"
> > > + " to remote slot's LSN(%X/%X) as synchronization"
> > > + " would move it backwards", remote_slot->name,
> > > + LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(slot->data.restart_lsn),
> > > + LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(remote_slot->restart_lsn));
> > > ...
> > > }
> > >
> > > I was thinking about the above code in the patch and as far as I can
> > > think this can only occur if the same name slot is re-created with
> > > prior restart_lsn after the existing slot is dropped. Normally, the
> > > newly created slot (with the same name) will have higher restart_lsn
> > > but one can mimic it by copying some older slot by using
> > > pg_copy_logical_replication_slot().
> > >
> > > I don't think as mentioned in comments even if hot_standby_feedback
> > > is temporarily set to off, the above shouldn't happen. It can only
> > > lead to invalidated slots on standby.
> > >
> > > To close the above race, I could think of the following ways:
> > > 1. Drop and re-create the slot.
> > > 2. Emit LOG/WARNING in this case and once remote_slot's LSN moves
> > > ahead of local_slot's LSN then we can update it; but as mentioned in
> > > your previous comment, we need to update all other fields as well.
> > > If we follow this then we probably need to have a check for
> > > catalog_xmin as well.
> > >
> >
> > The second point as mentioned is slightly misleading, so let me try to
> > rephrase it once again: Emit LOG/WARNING in this case and once
> > remote_slot's LSN moves ahead of local_slot's LSN then we can update
> > it; additionally, we need to update all other fields like two_phase as
> > well. If we follow this then we probably need to have a check for
> > catalog_xmin as well along remote_slot's restart_lsn.
> >
> > > Now, related to this the other case which needs some handling is
> > > what if the remote_slot's restart_lsn is greater than local_slot's
> > > restart_lsn but it is a re-created slot with the same name. In that
> > > case, I think the other properties like 'two_phase', 'plugin' could
> > > be different. So, is simply copying those sufficient or do we need
> > > to do something else as well?
> > >
> >
> > Bertrand, Dilip, Sawada-San, and others, please share your opinion on
> > this problem as I think it is important to handle this race condition.
> 
> Is there any good use case of copying a failover slot in the first place? If it's not
> a normal use case and we can probably live without it, why not always disable
> failover during the copy? FYI we always disable two_phase on copied slots. It
> seems to me that copying a failover slot could lead to problems, as long as we
> synchronize slots based on their names. IIUC without the copy, this pass should
> never happen.

Thanks for the suggestion. I also don't have a use case for this.
Attach the V61 patch set that addresses this suggestion. And here is the
summary of the changes made in each patch.

V61-0001
1. Reverts the changes in copy_replication_slot.

V61-0002

1. Adds the documents for the steps that user needs to follow to ensure the
   standby is ready for failover
2. Directly update the fields restart_lsn/confirmed_flush/catalog_xmin instead
   of using APIs like LogicalConfirmReceivedLocation
3. Updates all the fields(two_phase, failover, plugin) when syncing the slots
4. fixes CFbot failures.
5. Some code style adjustment. (pending comments in last version)
6. Remove some unnecessary Assert and variable assignment (off-list comments from Peter)

Thanks Shveta for working on 4 and 5.

V61-0003
1. Some documents update related to standby_slot_names and the steps for
   failover.

V61-0004
- No change.

Best Regards,
Hou zj

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).