Re: Introduce XID age and inactive timeout based replication slot invalidation

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Some review comments for v72-0001.
>
> ======
> GENERAL
>
> My preference was to just keep the enum as per v70 for the *actual*
> cause, and introduce a separate set of bit flags for *possible* causes
> to be checked. This creates a clear code separation between the actual
> and possible. It also eliminates the need to jump through hoops just
> to map a cause to its name.
>
> You wrote:
>
> > OTOH, keeping the enums as they are in v70, and defining new macros
> for the very similar purpose could add unnecessary complexity to code
> management.
>
> Since both the enum and the bit flags would be defined in slot.h
> adjacent to each other I don't foresee much complexity. I concede, a
> dev might write code and accidentally muddle the enum instead of the
> flag  or vice versa but that's an example of sloppiness, not
> complexity. Certainly there would be fewer necessary changes than what
> are in the v72 patch due to all the cause/causename mappings. For
> example,
>
> slot.h - Now, introduces a NEW typedef SlotInvalidationCauseMap
> slot.h - Now, need extern for NEW function GetSlotInvalidationCauseName
>
> slot.c - Now, needed minor rewrite of GetSlotInvalidationCause instead
> of leaving it as-is
> slot.c - Now, needs a whole NEW looping function
> GetSlotInvalidationCauseName instead of direct array index.
>
> Several place now must call to the GetSlotInvalidationCauseName where
> previously a simple direct array lookup was done
> slot.c - NEW call in ReplicationSlotAcquire
> slotfuncs.c - NEW call in pg_get_replication_slots
>
> ~
>
> FWIW, I've attached a topup patch using my idea just to see what it
> might look like. The result was 20 lines less code.
>

I don't like the idea of maintaining the same information in two
different ways (as enum and bit flags). We already have a few cases of
defining bit flags as part of enums like ScanOptions and relopt_kind,
so I feel following that model would be a better approach.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.