Hi Robert,
On 3/6/17 12:48 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 9:12 AM, David Steele <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yes, that makes sense. Attached are two patches as requested:
>>
>> 01 - Just marks pg_stop_backup() variants as parallel restricted
>> 02 - Add the wait_for_archive param to pg_stop_backup().
>>
>> These apply cleanly on 272adf4.
>
> Committed 01.
Thanks!
> Nobody's offered an opinion about 02 yet, so I'm not
> going to commit that, but one minor nitpick:
>
> + WAL to be archived. This behavior is only useful for backup
> + software which independently monitors WAL archiving, otherwise WAL
> + required to make the backup consistent might be missing and make the
> backup
>
> I think this should really say "...which independently monitors WAL
> archiving. Otherwise, WAL..."
The attached patch udpates the docs per your suggestion and has been
rebased on master at d69fae2.
Thanks,
--
-David
[email protected]
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 583b3b2..ddf3298 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -18299,7 +18299,7 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
</row>
<row>
<entry>
- <literal><function>pg_stop_backup(<parameter>exclusive</>
<type>boolean</>)</function></literal>
+ <literal><function>pg_stop_backup(<parameter>exclusive</>
<type>boolean</> <optional>, <parameter>wait_for_archive</> <type>boolean</>
</optional>)</function></literal>
</entry>
<entry><type>setof record</type></entry>
<entry>Finish performing exclusive or non-exclusive on-line backup
(restricted to superusers by default, but other users can be granted EXECUTE to
run the function)</entry>
@@ -18383,7 +18383,13 @@ postgres=# select pg_start_backup('label_goes_here');
<function>pg_start_backup</>. In a non-exclusive backup, the contents of
the <filename>backup_label</> and <filename>tablespace_map</> are returned
in the result of the function, and should be written to files in the
- backup (and not in the data directory).
+ backup (and not in the data directory). There is an optional second
+ parameter of type boolean. If false, the <function>pg_stop_backup</>
+ will return immediately after the backup is completed without waiting for
+ WAL to be archived. This behavior is only useful for backup
+ software which independently monitors WAL archiving. Otherwise, WAL
+ required to make the backup consistent might be missing and make the backup
+ useless.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
index 96aa15e..1ef9f2b 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ pg_stop_backup_v2(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
bool nulls[3];
bool exclusive = PG_GETARG_BOOL(0);
+ bool wait_for_archive = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
XLogRecPtr stoppoint;
/* check to see if caller supports us returning a tuplestore */
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ pg_stop_backup_v2(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
* Stop the exclusive backup, and since we're in an exclusive
backup
* return NULL for both backup_label and tablespace_map.
*/
- stoppoint = do_pg_stop_backup(NULL, true, NULL);
+ stoppoint = do_pg_stop_backup(NULL, wait_for_archive, NULL);
exclusive_backup_running = false;
nulls[1] = true;
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ pg_stop_backup_v2(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
* Stop the non-exclusive backup. Return a copy of the backup
label
* and tablespace map so they can be written to disk by the
caller.
*/
- stoppoint = do_pg_stop_backup(label_file->data, true, NULL);
+ stoppoint = do_pg_stop_backup(label_file->data,
wait_for_archive, NULL);
nonexclusive_backup_running = false;
cancel_before_shmem_exit(nonexclusive_base_backup_cleanup,
(Datum) 0);
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 0bce209..27ddaf0 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -988,6 +988,12 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
RETURNS pg_lsn STRICT VOLATILE LANGUAGE internal AS 'pg_start_backup'
PARALLEL RESTRICTED;
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_stop_backup (
+ exclusive boolean, wait_for_archive boolean DEFAULT true,
+ OUT lsn pg_lsn, OUT labelfile text, OUT spcmapfile text)
+ RETURNS SETOF record STRICT VOLATILE LANGUAGE internal as 'pg_stop_backup'
+ PARALLEL RESTRICTED;
+
-- legacy definition for compatibility with 9.3
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
json_populate_record(base anyelement, from_json json, use_json_as_text
boolean DEFAULT false)
@@ -1088,7 +1094,7 @@ AS 'jsonb_insert';
-- available to superuser / cluster owner, if they choose.
REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_start_backup(text, boolean, boolean) FROM public;
REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_stop_backup() FROM public;
-REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_stop_backup(boolean) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_stop_backup(boolean, boolean) FROM public;
REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_create_restore_point(text) FROM public;
REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_switch_wal() FROM public;
REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_wal_replay_pause() FROM public;
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
index 9f5e302..4581c44 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
*/
/* yyyymmddN */
-#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO 201703101
+#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO 201703131
#endif
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
index ec4aedb..fa4b5bf 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
@@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@ DATA(insert OID = 2172 ( pg_start_backup PGNSP
PGUID 12 1 0 0 0 f f f f t f v r
DESCR("prepare for taking an online backup");
DATA(insert OID = 2173 ( pg_stop_backup PGNSP PGUID 12
1 0 0 0 f f f f t f v r 0 0 3220 "" _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_
pg_stop_backup _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
DESCR("finish taking an online backup");
-DATA(insert OID = 2739 ( pg_stop_backup PGNSP PGUID 12
1 1 0 0 f f f f t t v r 1 0 2249 "16" "{16,3220,25,25}" "{i,o,o,o}"
"{exclusive,lsn,labelfile,spcmapfile}" _null_ _null_ pg_stop_backup_v2 _null_
_null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2739 ( pg_stop_backup PGNSP PGUID 12
1 1 0 0 f f f f t t v r 2 0 2249 "16 16" "{16,16,3220,25,25}" "{i,i,o,o,o}"
"{exclusive,wait_for_archive,lsn,labelfile,spcmapfile}" _null_ _null_
pg_stop_backup_v2 _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
DESCR("finish taking an online backup");
DATA(insert OID = 3813 ( pg_is_in_backup PGNSP PGUID 12 1 0 0 0
f f f f t f v s 0 0 16 "" _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ pg_is_in_backup
_null_ _null_ _null_ ));
DESCR("true if server is in online backup");
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