RE: speed up a logical replica setup

Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu) <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>

From: "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
To: 'Amit Kapila' <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>, Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>, Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello@gmail.com>, vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-07-03T07:12:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. pg_createsubscriber: Remove obsolete comment

  2. pg_createsubscriber: Fix an unpredictable recovery wait time.

  3. Fix unstable test in 040_pg_createsubscriber.

  4. Fix the testcase introduced in commit 81d20fbf7a.

  5. Further weaken new pg_createsubscriber test on Windows.

  6. Temporarily(?) weaken new pg_createsubscriber test on Windows.

  7. Make pg_createsubscriber warn if publisher has two-phase commit enabled.

  8. Make pg_createsubscriber more wary about quoting connection parameters.

  9. pg_createsubscriber: Remove failover replication slots on subscriber

  10. pg_createsubscriber: Remove replication slot check on primary

  11. pg_createsubscriber: Only --recovery-timeout controls the end of recovery process

  12. pg_createsubscriber: creates a new logical replica from a standby server

  13. Add some const decorations

  14. Add option force_initdb to PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster:init()

  15. Remove MSVC scripts

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Dear Amit,

> Your analysis looks correct to me. The test could fail due to
> autovacuum. See the following comment in
> 040_standby_failover_slots_sync.
> 
> # Disable autovacuum to avoid generating xid during stats update as otherwise
> # the new XID could then be replicated to standby at some random point making
> # slots at primary lag behind standby during slot sync.
> $publisher->append_conf('postgresql.conf', 'autovacuum = off');
>

Oh, I could not find the comment. I felt it should be added even in
040_pg_createsubscriber.pl. Done.

> > # Descriptions for attached files
> >
> > An attached script can be used to reproduce the first failure without
> pg_createsubscriber.
> > It requires to modify the code like [1].
> 
> > 0003 patch disables autovacuum for node_p and node_s. I think node_p is
> enough, but did
> > like that just in case. This fixes a second failure.
> >
> 
> Disabling on the primary node should be sufficient. Let's do the
> minimum required to stabilize this test.

+1, removed.

PSA new version. 0001 has not been changed yet. A comment was added
in 0002 to clarify why we must wait. For 0003, a comment was added and
setting for standby was reverted.

Best Regards,
Hayato Kuroda
FUJITSU LIMITED
https://www.fujitsu.com/