Re: [HACKERS] Assertion failure when the non-exclusive pg_stop_backup aborted.

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Agreed. Attached the updated patch, please review it.

Thank you for the comment.

> + /*
> + * Quick exit if session is not keeping around a non-exclusive backup
> + * already started.
> + */
> + if (sessionBackupState != SESSION_BACKUP_NON_EXCLUSIVE)
> + return;
> I think that it would be more solid to use SESSION_BACKUP_NONE for the
> comparison, and complete the assertion after the quick exit as follows
> as this code path should never be taken for an exclusive backup:

Agreed.

> + Assert(XLogCtl->Insert.nonExclusiveBackups > 0 &&
> + sessionBackupState == SESSION_BACKUP_NON_EXCLUSIVE);
>
> And your patch would discard both SESSION_BACKUP_EXCLUSIVE and
> SESSION_BACKUP_NONE.

Attached the latest patch. Please review it.

Regards,

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Masahiko Sawada
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
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