RE: Logical replication timeout problem

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 6:13 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 2:38 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 12:51 PM Masahiko Sawada
> <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:46 AM wangw.fnst@fujitsu.com
> > > <wangw.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > > > ```
> > >
> > > I'm concerned that this 4-byte padding at the end of the struct could
> > > depend on platforms (there might be no padding in 32-bit platforms?).
> > >
> >
> > Good point, but ...
> >
> > > It seems to me that it's better to put it after fast_forward where the
> > > new field should fall within the padding space.
> > >
> >
> > Can we add the variable in between the existing variables in the
> > structure in the back branches?
> >
> 
> I think it should be fine if it falls in the padding space. We have
> done similar changes recently in back-branches [1]. I think it would
> be then better to have it in the same place in HEAD as well?
> 
> [1] -
> https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=10520f4346
> 876aad4941797c2255a21bdac74739
Thanks for your comments.

The comments by Sawada-San sound reasonable to me.
After doing check, I found that padding in HEAD is the same as in REL14.
So I change the approach of patch for HEAD just like the patch for REL14.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:21 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm concerned that this 4-byte padding at the end of the struct could
> depend on platforms (there might be no padding in 32-bit platforms?).
> It seems to me that it's better to put it after fast_forward where the
> new field should fall within the padding space.
Fixed. Add new variable after fast_forward.

> BTW the changes in
> REL_14_v1-0001-Fix-the-logical-replication-timeout-during-large-.patch,
> adding end_xact to LogicalDecodingContext, seems good to me and it
> might be better than the approach of v17 patch from plugin developers’
> perspective? This is because they won’t need to pass true/false to
> end_xact of  OutputPluginUpdateProgress(). Furthermore, if we do what
> we do in update_replication_progress() in
> OutputPluginUpdateProgress(), what plugins need to do will be just to
> call OutputPluginUpdate() in every callback and they don't need to
> have the CHANGES_THRESHOLD logic. What do you think?
Change the approach of patch for HEAD. (The size of structure does not change.)
Also move the logical of function update_replication_progress to function
OutputPluginUpdateProgress.

Attach the patches. [suggestion by Sawada-San]
1. Change the position of the new variable in structure.
2. Change the approach of the patch for HEAD.
3. Delete the new function update_replication_progress.

Regards,
Wang wei