Re: Slow catchup of 2PC (twophase) transactions on replica in LR

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:06 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> ======
> You wrote "tried to make the two_phase change before failover option
> wherever it makes sense to keep the code consistent". But, still
> failover is coded first in lots of places:
> - libpqrcv_alter_slot
> - ReplicationSlotAlter
> - AlterReplicationSlot
> etc.
>

In ReplicationSlotAlter(), there are error conditions related to
standby and failover slots which are better checked before setting
two_phase property. The main reason for keeping two_phase before the
failover option in subscriptioncmds.c is that SUBOPT_TWOPHASE_COMMIT
was introduced before the equivalent failover option. We can do at
other places as you pointed but I didn't see any compelling reason to
not do what we normally do which is to add the new options at the end.

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> src/include/replication/slot.h
>
> 1.
> -extern void ReplicationSlotAlter(const char *name, bool failover);
> +extern void ReplicationSlotAlter(const char *name, bool *failover,
> + bool *two_phase);
>
> Use const?
>

If so, we need to use const both for failover and two_phase but not
sure if that is required here. We can evaluate that separately if
required by comparing it with similar instances.

> ======
> 99.
> Please see attached diffs implementing the nitpicks mentioned above
>

These look good to me, so will incorporate them in the next patch.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.