On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:08 AM Bharath Rupireddy
<bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 11:22 PM Bertrand Drouvot
> <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 3)
> > update_synced_slots_inactive_time():
> >
> > This assert is removed, is it intentional?
> > Assert(s->active_pid == 0);
>
> Yes, the slot can get acquired in the corner case when someone runs
> pg_sync_replication_slots concurrently at this time. I'm referring to
> the issue reported upthread. We don't prevent one running
> pg_sync_replication_slots in promotion/ShutDownSlotSync phase right?
> Maybe we should prevent that otherwise some of the slots are synced
> and the standby gets promoted while others are yet-to-be-synced.
>
We should do something about it but that shouldn't be done in this
patch. We can handle it separately and then add such an assert.
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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.