pgsql: Expand comment on the slot recheck in drop_local_obsolete_slots(

From: Amit Kapila <akapila(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Expand comment on the slot recheck in drop_local_obsolete_slots(
Date: 2026-07-02 04:10:33
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Expand comment on the slot recheck in drop_local_obsolete_slots().

The existing comment explained that a user-created slot could reuse the
same shared memory as 'local_slot' during the window between selecting a
slot to drop and locking its database, and that we therefore recheck
before dropping. It did not, however, spell out the fuller consequence:
because local_slot points to a reusable slot-array entry, its fields may
already describe a replacement slot, so the earlier drop decision and the
slot_database used for locking could relate to an unrelated slot/database.

Expand the comment to describe this, and note that the recheck prevents
us from dropping a user-created replacement slot while the residual risk
(such as briefly locking an unrelated database) is confined to the cycle
and is acceptable given the race is rare and non-fatal.

No functional change.

Author: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Author: Xuneng Zhou <xunengzhou(at)gmail(dot)com>
Author: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAHGQGwGGyEDL3dh7uJ6qPsGvnq4QK_R8+U=12CaprnzwrwaLGA@mail.gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAHGQGwHqQ1PPVFfYKVxLfRyC-byRdwSN0NeaHj9SLYV97oO5cw@mail.gmail.com

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/6b41bd1a459cb457cbb51d021b70004646d78db0

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src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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