Hi,

On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Chao,
>
> Thanks a lot for your review!
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM Chao Li <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Dec 19, 2025, at 10:49, Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM Alexander Korotkov <[email protected]> 
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM Alexander Korotkov 
> > >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hi, Xuneng!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]> 
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>> Remove the erroneous WAIT_LSN_TYPE_COUNT case from the switch
> > >>>>> statement in v5 patch 1.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thank you for your work on this patchset.  Generally, it looks like
> > >>>> good and quite straightforward extension of the current functionality.
> > >>>> But this patch adds 4 new unreserved keywords to our grammar.  Do you
> > >>>> think we can put mode into with options clause?
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for pointing this out. Yeah, 4 unreserved keywords add
> > >>> complexity to the parser and it may not be worthwhile since replay is
> > >>> expected to be the common use scenario. Maybe we can do something like
> > >>> this:
> > >>>
> > >>> -- Default (REPLAY mode)
> > >>> WAIT FOR LSN '0/306EE20' WITH (TIMEOUT '1s');
> > >>>
> > >>> -- Explicit REPLAY mode
> > >>> WAIT FOR LSN '0/306EE20' WITH (MODE 'replay', TIMEOUT '1s');
> > >>>
> > >>> -- WRITE mode
> > >>> WAIT FOR LSN '0/306EE20' WITH (MODE 'write', TIMEOUT '1s');
> > >>>
> > >>> If no mode is set explicitly in the options clause, it defaults to
> > >>> replay. I'll update the patch per your suggestion.
> > >>
> > >> This is exactly what I meant.  Please, go ahead.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Here is the updated patch set (v7). Please check.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best,
> > > Xuneng
> > > <v7-0001-Extend-xlogwait-infrastructure-with-write-and-flu.patch><v7-0004-Use-WAIT-FOR-LSN-in.patch><v7-0003-Add-tab-completion-for-WAIT-FOR-LSN-MODE-option.patch><v7-0002-Add-MODE-option-to-WAIT-FOR-LSN-command.patch>
> >
> > Hi Xuneng,
> >
> > A solid patch! Just a few small comments:
> >
> > 1 - 0001
> > ```
> > +XLogRecPtr
> > +GetCurrentLSNForWaitType(WaitLSNType lsnType)
> > +{
> > +       switch (lsnType)
> > +       {
> > +               case WAIT_LSN_TYPE_STANDBY_REPLAY:
> > +                       return GetXLogReplayRecPtr(NULL);
> > +
> > +               case WAIT_LSN_TYPE_STANDBY_WRITE:
> > +                       return GetWalRcvWriteRecPtr();
> > +
> > +               case WAIT_LSN_TYPE_STANDBY_FLUSH:
> > +                       return GetWalRcvFlushRecPtr(NULL, NULL);
> > +
> > +               case WAIT_LSN_TYPE_PRIMARY_FLUSH:
> > +                       return GetFlushRecPtr(NULL);
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       elog(ERROR, "invalid LSN wait type: %d", lsnType);
> > +       pg_unreachable();
> > +}
> > ```
> >
> > As you add pg_unreachable() in the new function GetCurrentLSNForWaitType(), 
> > I’m thinking if we should just do an Assert(), I saw every existing related 
> > function has done such an assert, for example addLSNWaiter(), it does 
> > “Assert(i >= 0 && i < WAIT_LSN_TYPE_COUNT);”. I guess we can just following 
> > the current mechanism to verify lsnType. So, for 
> > GetCurrentLSNForWaitType(), we can just add a default clause and 
> > Assert(false).
>
> My take is that Assert(false) alone might not be enough here, since
> assertions vanish in non-assert builds. An unexpected lsnType is a
> real bug even in production, so keeping a hard error plus
> pg_unreachable() seems to be a safer pattern. It also acts as a
> guardrail for future extensions — if new wait types are added without
> updating this code, we’ll fail loudly rather than silently returning
> an incorrect LSN. Assert(i >= 0 && i < WAIT_LSN_TYPE_COUNT) was added
> to the top of the function.
>
> > 2 - 0002
> > ```
> > +                       else
> > +                               ereport(ERROR,
> > +                                               
> > (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
> > +                                                errmsg("unrecognized value 
> > for WAIT option \"%s\": \"%s\"",
> > +                                                               "MODE", 
> > mode_str),
> > ```
> >
> > I wonder why don’t we directly put MODE into the error message?
>
> Yeah, putting MODE into the error message is cleaner. It's done in v8.
>
> > 3 - 0002
> > ```
> >                 case WAIT_LSN_RESULT_NOT_IN_RECOVERY:
> >                         if (throw)
> >                         {
> > +                               const           WaitLSNTypeDesc *desc = 
> > &WaitLSNTypeDescs[lsnType];
> > +                               XLogRecPtr      currentLSN = 
> > GetCurrentLSNForWaitType(lsnType);
> > +
> >                                 if (PromoteIsTriggered())
> >                                 {
> >                                         ereport(ERROR,
> >                                                         
> > errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
> >                                                         errmsg("recovery is 
> > not in progress"),
> > -                                                       errdetail("Recovery 
> > ended before replaying target LSN %X/%08X; last replay LSN %X/%08X.",
> > +                                                       errdetail("Recovery 
> > ended before target LSN %X/%08X was %s; last %s LSN %X/%08X.",
> >                                                                           
> > LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(lsn),
> > -                                                                         
> > LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(GetXLogReplayRecPtr(NULL))));
> > +                                                                         
> > desc->verb,
> > +                                                                         
> > desc->noun,
> > +                                                                         
> > LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(currentLSN)));
> >                                 }
> >                                 else
> >                                         ereport(ERROR,
> >                                                         
> > errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
> >                                                         errmsg("recovery is 
> > not in progress"),
> > -                                                       errhint("Waiting 
> > for the replay LSN can only be executed during recovery."));
> > +                                                       errhint("Waiting 
> > for the %s LSN can only be executed during recovery.",
> > +                                                                       
> > desc->noun));
> >                         }
> > ```
> >
> > currentLSN is only used in the if clause, thus it can be defined inside the 
> > if clause.
>
> + 1.
>
> > 3 - 0002
> > ```
> > +       /*
> > +        * If we wrote an LSN that someone was waiting for then walk over 
> > the
> > +        * shared memory array and set latches to notify the waiters.
> > +        */
> > +       if (waitLSNState &&
> > +               (LogstreamResult.Write >=
> > +                
> > pg_atomic_read_u64(&waitLSNState->minWaitedLSN[WAIT_LSN_TYPE_STANDBY_WRITE])))
> > +               WaitLSNWakeup(WAIT_LSN_TYPE_STANDBY_WRITE, 
> > LogstreamResult.Write);
> > ```
> >
> > Do we need to mention "walk over the shared memory array and set latches” 
> > in the comment? The logic belongs to WaitLSNWakeup(). What about if the 
> > wake up logic changes in future, then this comment would become stale. So I 
> > think we only need to mention “notify the waiters”.
> >
>
> It makes sense to me. They are incorporated into v8.
>
> >
> > 4 - 0003
> > ```
> > +       /*
> > +        * Handle parenthesized option list.  This fires when we're in an
> > +        * unfinished parenthesized option list.  get_previous_words treats 
> > a
> > +        * completed parenthesized option list as one word, so the above 
> > test is
> > +        * correct.  mode takes a string value ('replay', 'write', 'flush'),
> > +        * timeout takes a string value, no_throw takes no value.
> > +        */
> >         else if (HeadMatches("WAIT", "FOR", "LSN", MatchAny, "WITH", "(*") 
> > &&
> >                          !HeadMatches("WAIT", "FOR", "LSN", MatchAny, 
> > "WITH", "(*)"))
> >         {
> > -               /*
> > -                * This fires if we're in an unfinished parenthesized 
> > option list.
> > -                * get_previous_words treats a completed parenthesized 
> > option list as
> > -                * one word, so the above test is correct.
> > -                */
> >                 if (ends_with(prev_wd, '(') || ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
> > -                       COMPLETE_WITH("timeout", "no_throw");
> > -
> > -               /*
> > -                * timeout takes a string value, no_throw takes no value. 
> > We don't
> > -                * offer completions for these values.
> > -                */
> > ```
> >
> > The new comment has lost the meaning of “We don’t offer completions for 
> > these values (timeout and no_throw)”, to be explicit, I feel we can retain 
> > the sentence.
>
>  The sentence is retained.
>
> > 5 - 0004
> > ```
> > +       my $isrecovery =
> > +         $self->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT pg_is_in_recovery()");
> > +       chomp($isrecovery);
> >         croak "unknown mode $mode for 'wait_for_catchup', valid modes are "
> >           . join(', ', keys(%valid_modes))
> >           unless exists($valid_modes{$mode});
> > @@ -3347,9 +3350,6 @@ sub wait_for_catchup
> >         }
> >         if (!defined($target_lsn))
> >         {
> > -               my $isrecovery =
> > -                 $self->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT 
> > pg_is_in_recovery()");
> > -               chomp($isrecovery);
> > ```
> >
> > I wonder why pull up pg_is_in_recovery to an early place and 
> > unconditionally call it?
> >
>
> This seems unnecessary. I also realized that my earlier approach in
> patch 4 may have been semantically incorrect — it could end up waiting
> for the LSN to replay/write/flush on the node itself, rather than on
> the downstream standby, which defeats the purpose of
> wait_for_catchup(). Patch 4 attempts to address this by running WAIT
> FOR LSN on the standby itself.
>
> Support for primary-flush waiting and the refactoring of existing
> modes have been also incorporated in v8 following Alexander’s
> feedback. The major updates are in patches 2 and 4. Please check.
>

Added WaitLSNTypeDesc to typedefs.list in v9 patch 2.

-- 
Best,
Xuneng

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