Fix a possibility of logical replication slot's restart_lsn going backwards.
Previously LogicalIncreaseRestartDecodingForSlot() accidentally accepted any LSN as the candidate_lsn and candidate_valid after the restart_lsn of the replication slot was updated, so it potentially caused the restart_lsn to move backwards. A scenario where this could happen in logical replication is: after a logical replication restart, based on previous candidate_lsn and candidate_valid values in memory, the restart_lsn advances upon receiving a subscriber acknowledgment. Then, logical decoding restarts from an older point, setting candidate_lsn and candidate_valid based on an old RUNNING_XACTS record. Subsequent subscriber acknowledgments then update the restart_lsn to an LSN older than the current value. In the reported case, after WAL files were removed by a checkpoint, the retreated restart_lsn prevented logical replication from restarting due to missing WAL segments. This change essentially modifies the 'if' condition to 'else if' condition within the function. The previous code had an asymmetry in this regard compared to LogicalIncreaseXminForSlot(), which does almost the same thing for different fields. The WAL removal issue was reported by Hubert Depesz Lubaczewski. Backpatch to all supported versions, since the bug exists since 9.4 where logical decoding was introduced. Reviewed-by: Tomas Vondra, Ashutosh Bapat, Amit Kapila Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/Yz2hivgyjS1RfMKs%40depesz.com Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/85fff40e-148b-4e86-b921-b4b846289132%40vondra.me Backpatch-through: 13 Branch ------ master Details ------- https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/e5ed873b1b4a395b06a5599100383a95c9846e5b Modified Files -------------- src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
