Re: Use of backup_label not noted in log

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Subject: Re: Use of backup_label not noted in log
Date: 2024-01-26 12:20:05
Message-ID: ff9ceb77-e990-4020-b8be-20f1c32328f8@pgmasters.net
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On 1/25/24 20:52, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 08:56:52AM -0400, David Steele wrote:
>> I would still advocate for a back patch here. It is frustrating to get logs
>> from users that just say:
>>
>> LOG: invalid checkpoint record
>> PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record
>>
>> It would be very helpful to know what the checkpoint record LSN was in this
>> case.
>
> Yes, I've pested over this one in the past when debugging corruption
> issues. To me, this would just mean to appens to the PANIC an "at
> %X/%X", but perhaps you have more in mind for these code paths?

I think adding the LSN to the panic message would be a good change for HEAD.

However, that still would not take the place of the additional messages
in 1d35f705e showing that the LSN came from a backup_label.

Regards,
-David

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