Re: [Patch] ALTER SYSTEM READ ONLY

From: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Amul Sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, Prabhat Sahu <prabhat(dot)sahu(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar(dot)ahmad(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] ALTER SYSTEM READ ONLY
Date: 2021-05-11 08:56:19
Message-ID: CAFiTN-tjhxP4i+MhWE3uyMDRwpiT0aK_S_F1bXQOYv6GS49ssw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 2:16 PM Amul Sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I get why you think that, I wasn't very precise in briefing the problem.
>
> Any new backend that gets connected right after the shared memory
> state changes to WALPROHIBIT_STATE_GOING_READ_WRITE will be by
> default allowed to do the WAL writes. Such backends can perform write
> operation before the checkpointer does the XLogAcceptWrites().

Okay, make sense now. But my next question is why do we allow backends
to write WAL in WALPROHIBIT_STATE_GOING_READ_WRITE state? why don't we
wait until the shared memory state is changed to
WALPROHIBIT_STATE_READ_WRITE?

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Regards,
Dilip Kumar
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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