Re: [HACKERS] inconsistent application_name use in logical workers

On 06/06/17 15:07, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 6/6/17 06:51, Petr Jelinek wrote:
>> On 06/06/17 04:19, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>> The logical replication code is supposed to use the subscription name as
>>> the fallback_application_name, but in some cases it uses the slot name,
>>> which could be different.  See attached patch to correct this.
>>
>> Hmm, well the differentiation has a reason though. The application_name
>> is used for sync rep and having synchronization connection using same
>> application_name might have adverse effects there because
>> synchronization connection can be in-front of main apply one, so sync
>> rep will think something is consumed while it's not.
> 
> True, we should use a different name for tablesync.c.  But the one in
> worker.c appears to be a mistake then?
> 

Yes.

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