Re: basebackup: do not verify checksums on pages written before enabling checksums

From: Zsolt Parragi <zsolt(dot)parragi(at)percona(dot)com>
To: Yilin Zhang <jiezhilove(at)126(dot)com>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: basebackup: do not verify checksums on pages written before enabling checksums
Date: 2026-08-17 12:52:18
Message-ID: CAN4CZFMq5x+kJBYvT5ezz4MLXTQg=wEGtu2JtPOpc3ui_7s9fQ@mail.gmail.com
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> The failure is triggered at the end of perform_base_backup() when total_checksum_failures equals 1,
> via ereport(ERROR, errcode(XX001)).
> However, pg_stat_database.checksum_failures is not updated at all.

This seems like a separate issue existing for much longer, I'll submit
a separate patch about it.

> Judging by the current test cases,,
> pg_stat_database.checksum_failures appears to offer no detection capability beyond what ok($backup->finish) already provides.

I improved the tests a bit, while also adding the 32m shared buffers
change to 010. I kept this as a separate commit for easier review.

Attachment Content-Type Size
v5-0003-Test-improvements-based-on-review-comments.patch application/octet-stream 6.0 KB
v5-0001-basebackup-do-not-verify-checksums-on-pages-from-.patch application/octet-stream 29.0 KB
v5-0002-Review-hackery.patch application/octet-stream 10.6 KB

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