Re: recovery.signal not cleaned up when both signal files are present

From: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: David Steele <david(at)pgbackrest(dot)org>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Nikolay Samokhvalov <nik(at)postgres(dot)ai>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: recovery.signal not cleaned up when both signal files are present
Date: 2026-02-16 05:11:47
Message-ID: CAHGQGwESRyYKeaZP4Lxai--8UQymvtty+6xNd+EuJXmoo9KHVw@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 12:45 AM David Steele <david(at)pgbackrest(dot)org> wrote:
>
> On 2/13/26 20:27, Fujii Masao wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 03:05:45PM +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
> >>> Yeah, so I've added the test as suggested. The updated patch is attached.
> >>
> >>
> >> What's the point in having the check for the files in data_dir? The
> >> second one for standby2 should be enough as this is to test only
> >> readRecoverySignalFile().
> >
> > I added that test to verify that both files are removed even in the normal
> > standby case (i.e., when only standby.signal is present). However, if testing
> > only the case where both signal files are present is sufficient, I'm fine with
> > removing the data_dir check. Attached is an updated patch that checks only
> > the latter case for standby2.
> >
> > I will commit this patch.
>
> I'm fine with the additional checks in v2. They are inexpensive and show
> that the changes (probably) don't have side effects.
>
> But I don't feel strongly about it so either v2 or v3 is OK with me.

I've pushed the v3 patch. Thanks!

Regards,

--
Fujii Masao

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