Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]> writes:
> On 6/20/21 6:10 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> (3) Since this only works in v14 and up, older branches would
>> have to fall back to -DCLOBBER_CACHE_ALWAYS. Perhaps we could
>> improve the buildfarm client script so that buildfarm owners
>> just configure "clobber_cache_testing => 1" and then the script
>> would do the right branch-dependent thing.
> Maybe. Let's see what you come up with.
Here's a couple of draft-quality patches --- one for initdb, one
for the buildfarm --- to implement this idea. These are just
lightly tested; in particular I've not had the patience to run
full BF cycles to see how much is actually saved.
regards, tom lane
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index afd344b4c0..3077530c7b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -388,6 +388,17 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
Other, less commonly used, options are also available:
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--clobber-cache</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Run the bootstrap backend with the
+ <literal>debug_invalidate_system_caches_always=1</literal> option.
+ This takes a very long time and is only of use for deep debugging.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d</option></term>
<term><option>--debug</option></term>
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 152d21e88b..0945d70061 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ static bool authwarning = false;
static const char *boot_options = "-F";
static const char *backend_options = "--single -F -O -j -c search_path=pg_catalog -c exit_on_error=true";
+/* Additional switches to pass to backend (either boot or standalone) */
+static char *extra_options = "";
+
static const char *const subdirs[] = {
"global",
"pg_wal/archive_status",
@@ -962,12 +965,12 @@ test_config_settings(void)
test_buffs = MIN_BUFS_FOR_CONNS(test_conns);
snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
- "\"%s\" --boot -x0 %s "
+ "\"%s\" --boot -x0 %s %s "
"-c max_connections=%d "
"-c shared_buffers=%d "
"-c dynamic_shared_memory_type=%s "
"< \"%s\" > \"%s\" 2>&1",
- backend_exec, boot_options,
+ backend_exec, boot_options, extra_options,
test_conns, test_buffs,
dynamic_shared_memory_type,
DEVNULL, DEVNULL);
@@ -998,12 +1001,12 @@ test_config_settings(void)
}
snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
- "\"%s\" --boot -x0 %s "
+ "\"%s\" --boot -x0 %s %s "
"-c max_connections=%d "
"-c shared_buffers=%d "
"-c dynamic_shared_memory_type=%s "
"< \"%s\" > \"%s\" 2>&1",
- backend_exec, boot_options,
+ backend_exec, boot_options, extra_options,
n_connections, test_buffs,
dynamic_shared_memory_type,
DEVNULL, DEVNULL);
@@ -1403,11 +1406,11 @@ bootstrap_template1(void)
unsetenv("PGCLIENTENCODING");
snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
- "\"%s\" --boot -x1 -X %u %s %s %s",
+ "\"%s\" --boot -x1 -X %u %s %s %s %s",
backend_exec,
wal_segment_size_mb * (1024 * 1024),
data_checksums ? "-k" : "",
- boot_options,
+ boot_options, extra_options,
debug ? "-d 5" : "");
@@ -2263,6 +2266,7 @@ usage(const char *progname)
printf(_(" -X, --waldir=WALDIR location for the write-ahead log directory\n"));
printf(_(" --wal-segsize=SIZE size of WAL segments, in megabytes\n"));
printf(_("\nLess commonly used options:\n"));
+ printf(_(" --clobber-cache use cache-clobbering debug option\n"));
printf(_(" -d, --debug generate lots of debugging output\n"));
printf(_(" -L DIRECTORY where to find the input files\n"));
printf(_(" -n, --no-clean do not clean up after errors\n"));
@@ -2863,8 +2867,8 @@ initialize_data_directory(void)
fflush(stdout);
snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
- "\"%s\" %s template1 >%s",
- backend_exec, backend_options,
+ "\"%s\" %s %s template1 >%s",
+ backend_exec, backend_options, extra_options,
DEVNULL);
PG_CMD_OPEN;
@@ -2943,6 +2947,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
{"wal-segsize", required_argument, NULL, 12},
{"data-checksums", no_argument, NULL, 'k'},
{"allow-group-access", no_argument, NULL, 'g'},
+ {"clobber-cache", no_argument, NULL, 14},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
};
@@ -3084,6 +3089,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
case 'g':
SetDataDirectoryCreatePerm(PG_DIR_MODE_GROUP);
break;
+ case 14:
+ extra_options = psprintf("%s %s",
+ extra_options,
+ "-c debug_invalidate_system_caches_always=1");
+ break;
default:
/* getopt_long already emitted a complaint */
fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"),
diff --git a/build-farm.conf.sample b/build-farm.conf.sample
index 7e80451..d7e6a62 100644
--- a/build-farm.conf.sample
+++ b/build-farm.conf.sample
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ my $confdir = File::Spec->rel2abs(File::Basename::dirname(__FILE__));
--leak-check=no --gen-suppressions=all --error-limit=no}
),
+ # if true run tests with debug_invalidate_system_caches_always=1, or
+ # the equivalent on older branches. Do not set CLOBBER_CACHE_ALWAYS
+ # if you use this.
+ use_clobber_cache => undef,
+
# path to directory with auxiliary web script
# if relative, the must be relative to buildroot/branch
# Now only used on older Msys installations
diff --git a/run_build.pl b/run_build.pl
index 9ed6056..5c945b0 100755
--- a/run_build.pl
+++ b/run_build.pl
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ my (
$wait_timeout, $use_accache,
$use_valgrind, $valgrind_options,
$use_installcheck_parallel, $max_load_avg,
+ $use_clobber_cache,
$archive_reports
)
= @PGBuild::conf{
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ my (
use_vpath tar_log_cmd using_msvc extra_config make_jobs core_file_glob
ccache_failure_remove wait_timeout use_accache
use_valgrind valgrind_options use_installcheck_parallel max_load_avg
- archive_reports)
+ use_clobber_cache archive_reports)
};
$ts_prefix = sprintf('%s:%-13s ', $animal, $branch);
@@ -651,6 +652,19 @@ if ($extra_config && $extra_config->{DEFAULT})
}
}
+if ($use_clobber_cache && ($branch eq 'HEAD' || $branch ge 'REL_14'))
+{
+ if (!exists $extra_config->{$branch})
+ {
+ $extra_config->{$branch} = ["debug_invalidate_system_caches_always = 1"];
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ push(@{ $extra_config->{$branch} },
+ "debug_invalidate_system_caches_always = 1");
+ }
+}
+
if ($extra_config && $extra_config->{$branch})
{
my $tmpname = "$tmpdir/bfextra.conf";
@@ -1340,9 +1354,15 @@ sub initdb
chdir $installdir;
+ my $initdbopts = qq{-A trust -U buildfarm --locale=$locale};
+
+ if ($use_clobber_cache && ($branch eq 'HEAD' || $branch ge 'REL_14'))
+ {
+ $initdbopts .= " --clobber-cache";
+ }
+
@initout =
- run_log(
- qq{"bin/initdb" -A trust -U buildfarm --locale=$locale data-$locale});
+ run_log(qq{"bin/initdb" $initdbopts data-$locale});
my $status = $? >> 8;
@@ -2370,6 +2390,17 @@ sub configure
}
}
}
+ if ($use_clobber_cache && $branch ne 'HEAD' && $branch lt 'REL_14')
+ {
+ if (defined $env->{CPPFLAGS})
+ {
+ $env->{CPPFLAGS} .= " -DCLOBBER_CACHE_ALWAYS";
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ $env->{CPPFLAGS} = "-DCLOBBER_CACHE_ALWAYS";
+ }
+ }
my $envstr = "";
while (my ($key, $val) = each %$env)