pgsql: Fix header check for continuation records where standbys could b

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix header check for continuation records where standbys could b
Date: 2025-01-20 00:31:07
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Fix header check for continuation records where standbys could be stuck

XLogPageRead() checks immediately for an invalid WAL record header on a
standby, to be able to handle the case of continuation records that need
to be read across two different sources. As written, the check was too
generic, applying to any target LSN. Based on an analysis by Kyotaro
Horiguchi, what really matters is to make sure that the page header is
checked when attempting to read a LSN at the boundary of a segment, to
handle the case of a continuation record that spawns across multiple
pages when dealing with multiple segments, as WAL receivers are spawned
they request WAL from the beginning of a segment. This fix has been
proposed by Kyotaro Horiguchi.

This could cause standbys to loop infinitely when dealing with a
continuation record during a timeline jump, in the case where the
contents of the record in the follow-up page are invalid.

Some regression tests are added to check such scenarios, able to
reproduce the original problem. In the test, the contents of a
continuation record are overwritten with junk zeros on its follow-up
page, and replayed on standbys. This is inspired by 039_end_of_wal.pl,
and is enough to show how standbys should react on promotion by not
being stuck. Without the fix, the test would fail with a timeout. The
test to reproduce the problem has been written by Alexander Kukushkin.

The original check has been introduced in 066871980183, for a similar
problem.

Author: Kyotaro Horiguchi, Alexander Kukushkin
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAFh8B=mozC+e1wGJq0H=0O65goZju+6ab5AU7DEWCSUA2OtwDg@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 13

Branch
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REL_15_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/26554faccc975fbd23b7cc04c0b10079e5c839c9

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c | 13 +-
src/test/recovery/t/043_no_contrecord_switch.pl | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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