Re: Reversed sync check in pg_receivewal

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Reversed sync check in pg_receivewal
Date: 2017-04-11 13:24:45
Message-ID: CAB7nPqQbV4MBV-0uzzjQPz743WHgiaFGYXjAK_Rq=skYCkZLpw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 9:41 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> This bug seems to have snuck in there with the introduction of walmethods.
> AFAICT we are testing the result of sync() backwards, so whenever a partial
> segment exists for pg_receivewal, it will fail. It will then unlink the
> file, so when it retries 5 seconds later it works.
>
> It also doesn't log the failure. Oops.
>
> Attached patch reverses the check, and adds a failure message. I'd
> appreciate a quick review in case I have the logic backwards in my head...

This has been fat-fingered in 56c7d8d4, and looking around I am not
seeing similar mistakes. Thanks for the fix.
--
Michael

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