Re: BUG #17103: WAL segments are not removed after exceeding max_slot_wal_keep_size

From: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org
Cc: jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com, mk(at)071(dot)ovh, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #17103: WAL segments are not removed after exceeding max_slot_wal_keep_size
Date: 2021-07-20 04:18:20
Message-ID: 20210720.131820.2047672013390321210.horikyota.ntt@gmail.com
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At Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:24:48 -0400, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote in
> On 2021-Jul-19, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the mistake. It seems to me the cause the above is that
> > segment removal happens *after* invalidation. Since (at least
> > currently) the "slot is invalidated" warning issued only at the time
> > just before WAL-removal, we should expect that old segments are gone
> > after the checkpoint-ending log, which should be seen after
> > WAL-removal. If not, that shows that there's a bug.
> >
> > What do you think about the attached?
>
> Sounds sensible -- I verified the logs for one of the cases that failed
> in the buildfarm, and indeed the "checkpoint ended" message appears
> after the s2 slot is created, so it should fix the problem. (I didn't
> actually try to reproduce the problem locally, so I didn't verify the
> fix any further than ensuring the test still passes.)
>
> Pushed, thanks!

Thaks, and sorry for the series of bugs.

regards.

--
Kyotaro Horiguchi
NTT Open Source Software Center

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