Dear hackers, While considering another thread, I found the $SUBJECT. Attached patch fixes it.
Documentation says:
```
pg_drop_replication_slot ( slot_name name ) → void
Drops the physical or logical replication slot named slot_name. Same as
replication protocol command DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT.
For logical slots, this must be called while connected to the same database the
slot was created on.
```
But this is not correct. Backend processes which connect to other databases
can drop the logical slot:
```
postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('test',
'test_decoding');
slot_name | lsn
-----------+-----------
test | 0/1CA6A18
(1 row)
postgres=# \c tests
You are now connected to database "tests" as user "postgres".
tests=# SELECT * FROM pg_drop_replication_slot('test');
pg_drop_replication_slot
--------------------------
(1 row)
```
IIUC, the description was added by ff539d. The initial version [1] seemed to
have
the restriction, it was removed now but the description retained.
I think all supported versions have the same issue, attached one is for master.
Thanks Hou for confirming the issue.
[1]:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAMsr%2BYGjZRqo-boCF9z5Bc1WZ_10RjMLtNSTsaa%3DkkE9_GmTag%40mail.gmail.com
Best regards,
Hayato Kuroda
FUJITSU LIMITED
0001-Fix-description-for-dropping-slots.patch
Description: 0001-Fix-description-for-dropping-slots.patch
