Re: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 6:26 AM Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)
<houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> On Friday, March 29, 2024 2:50 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>
> >
> >
> > 2.
> > +extern XLogRecPtr pg_logical_replication_slot_advance(XLogRecPtr moveto,
> > +   bool *found_consistent_point);
> > +
> >
> > This API looks a bit awkward as the functionality doesn't match the name. How
> > about having a function with name
> > LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckReadynessForDecoding(moveto,
> > ready_for_decoding) with the same functionality as your patch has for
> > pg_logical_replication_slot_advance() and then invoke it both from
> > pg_logical_replication_slot_advance and slotsync.c. The function name is too
> > big, we can think of a shorter name. Any ideas?
>
> How about LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckDecodingState() Or just
> LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckDecoding()?
>

It is about snapbuild state, so how about naming the function as
LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckSnapState()?

I have made quite a few cosmetic changes in comments and code. See
attached. This is atop your latest patch. Can you please review and
include these changes in the next version?

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.