Re: min_safe_lsn column in pg_replication_slots view

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: min_safe_lsn column in pg_replication_slots view
Date: 2020-06-20 06:53:54
Message-ID: 20200620065354.GA5367@paquier.xyz
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 09:45:52AM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 7:12 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> I don't disagree with removing the LSN column, but at the same time we
>> need to provide *some* way for users to monitor this, so let's add a
>> function to extract the value they need for that. It seems simple
>> enough.
>
> Isn't this information specific to checkpoints, so maybe better to
> display in view pg_stat_bgwriter?

Not sure that's a good match. If we decide to expose that, a separate
function returning a LSN based on the segment number from
XLogGetLastRemovedSegno() sounds fine to me, like
pg_wal_last_recycled_lsn(). Perhaps somebody has a better name in
mind?
--
Michael

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