On 2020/03/05 12:08, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote:
At Mon, 2 Mar 2020 20:54:04 +0900, Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@oss.nttdata.com>
wrote in
And random access during StandbyMode ususally (always?) lets RecPtr go
back. I'm not sure WaitForWALToBecomeAvailable works correctly if we
don't have a file in pg_wal and the REDO point is far back by more
than a segment from the initial checkpoint record.
It works correctly. This is why WaitForWALToBecomeAvailable() uses
fetching_ckpt argument.
Hmm. You're right. We start streaming from RedoStartLSN when
fetching_ckpt. So that doesn't happen.
If we go back to XLOG_FROM_ARCHIVE by random access, it correctly
re-connects to the primary for the past segment.
But this can lead to unnecessary restart of walreceiver. Since
fetching_ckpt ensures that the WAL file containing the REDO
starting record exists in pg_wal, there is no need to reconnect
to the primary when reading the REDO starting record.
Is there other case where we need to go back to XLOG_FROM_ARCHIVE
by random access?
I understand that the reconnection for REDO record is useless. Ok I
take the !StandbyMode way.
The attached is the test script that is changed to count the added
test, and the slight revised main patch.
Thanks for the patch!
+ /* Wal receiver should not active when entring
XLOG_FROM_ARCHIVE */
+ Assert(!WalRcvStreaming());
+1 to add this assertion check.
Isn't it better to always check this while trying to read WAL from
archive or pg_wal? So, what about the following change?
{
case XLOG_FROM_ARCHIVE:
case XLOG_FROM_PG_WAL:
+ /*
+ * WAL receiver should not be running while
trying to
+ * read WAL from archive or pg_wal.
+ */
+ Assert(!WalRcvStreaming());
+
/* Close any old file we might have open. */
if (readFile >= 0)
+ lastSourceFailed = false; /* We haven't failed on the new
source */
Is this really necessary? Since ReadRecord() always reset
lastSourceFailed to false, it seems not necessary.
- else if (currentSource == 0)
+ else if (currentSource == 0 ||
Though this is a *separate topic*, 0 should be XLOG_FROM_ANY?
There are some places where 0 is used as the value of currentSource.
IMO they should be updated so that XLOG_FROM_ANY is used instead of 0.
Regards,
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Fujii Masao
NTT DATA CORPORATION
Advanced Platform Technology Group
Research and Development Headquarters
