Re: patch to ensure logical decoding errors early

Hi,

On 31/07/18 20:58, Andres Freund wrote>
>> diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
>> index 3cd4eef..9f883b9 100644
>> --- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
>> +++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
>> @@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
>>       * (re-)load output plugins, so we detect a bad (removed) output plugin
>>       * now.
>>       */
>> -    if (!fast_forward)
>> -        LoadOutputPlugin(&ctx->callbacks, NameStr(slot->data.plugin));
>> +    LoadOutputPlugin(&ctx->callbacks, NameStr(slot->data.plugin));
> 
> So this actually was broken by 9c7d06d60680c7f00d931233873dee81fdb311c6
> and worked before? Petr, Simon?  Isn't the actual bug here that
> CreateInitDecodingContext() passes true for fast_forward?  Dave, could
> you confirm this is the case?  If so, this'll end up actually being an
> open items entry...
> 

Indeed.

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