RE: [HACKERS] logical decoding of two-phase transactions

Takamichi Osumi (Fujitsu) <osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com>

From: "osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com" <osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com>
To: 'Peter Smith' <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-02-16T00:40:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi


On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:33 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 5:59 PM osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com
> <osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > (2)
> >
> > File : v39-0006-Support-2PC-txn-Subscription-option.patch
> >
> > @@ -213,6 +219,15 @@ parse_subscription_options(List *options,
> >                         *streaming_given = true;
> >                         *streaming = defGetBoolean(defel);
> >                 }
> > +               else if (strcmp(defel->defname, "two_phase") == 0 &&
> twophase)
> > +               {
> > +                       if (*twophase_given)
> > +                               ereport(ERROR,
> > +
> (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
> > +                                                errmsg("conflicting or
> redundant options")));
> > +                       *twophase_given = true;
> > +                       *twophase = defGetBoolean(defel);
> > +               }
> >
> > You can add this test in subscription.sql easily with double twophase
> options.
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. You are right.
> 
> But in the pgoutput.c there are several other potential syntax errors
> "conflicting or redundant options" which are just like this "two_phase" one.
> e.g. there is the same error for options "proto_version", "publication_names",
> "binary", "streaming".
> 
> AFAIK none of those other syntax errors had any regression tests. That is the
> reason why I did not include any new test for the "two_phase"
> option.
> 
> So:
> a) should I add a new test per your feedback comment, or
> b) should I be consistent with the other similar errors, and not add the test?
> 
> Of course it is easy to add a new test if you think option (a) is best.
> 
> Thoughts?
OK. Then, we can think previously, such tests for other options are
regarded as needless because the result are too apparent.
Let's choose (b) to make the patch set aligned with other similar past codes.
Thanks.

Best Regards,
	Takamichi Osumi

Commits

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

  2. Doc: minor improvements for logical replication protocol documentation.

  3. Fix test failure in 021_twophase.pl.

  4. Refactor to make common functions in proto.c and worker.c.

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

  6. Fix potential buffer overruns in proto.c.

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

  8. Refactor function parse_subscription_options.

  9. Allow enabling two-phase option via replication protocol.

  10. Don't use Asserts to check for violations of replication protocol.

  11. Improve psql tab completion for options of subcriptions and publications

  12. Rearrange logrep worker's snapshot handling some more.

  13. doc: Update information of new messages for logical replication.

  14. ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... ADD/DROP PUBLICATION

  15. Allow pgoutput to send logical decoding messages.

  16. Refactor function parse_output_parameters.

  17. Avoid repeated decoding of prepared transactions after a restart.

  18. Fix an oversight in ReorderBufferFinishPrepared.

  19. Allow multiple xacts during table sync in logical replication.

  20. Fix replication of in-progress transactions in tablesync worker.

  21. Fix 'skip-empty-xacts' option in test_decoding for streaming mode.

  22. Use Enum for top level logical replication message types.

  23. Add support for streaming to built-in logical replication.

  24. Fix the logical streaming test.

  25. Implement streaming mode in ReorderBuffer.

  26. Extend the logical decoding output plugin API with stream methods.

  27. Store 2PC GID in commit/abort WAL recs for logical decoding