RE: ReplicationSlotRelease() crashes when the instance is in the single user mode

From: "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda(dot)hayato(at)fujitsu(dot)com>
To: 'Michael Paquier' <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: 'Paul A Jungwirth' <pj(at)illuminatedcomputing(dot)com>, Mutaamba Maasha <maasha(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj(dot)fnst(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: RE: ReplicationSlotRelease() crashes when the instance is in the single user mode
Date: 2025-08-21 06:39:47
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Dear Michael and hackers,

This is a wrap-up of this thread. I'm planning to close the thread once.

> I am saying that there is little point in having tests for the origin
> functions in single-user mode as these don't do anything really
> fancy with global states (there's a acquired_by of course, and no
> specific IsUnderPostmaster patch), contrary to the replication slots.
> I am not convinced that there is any need to restrict them, either.
> If somebody shows a reason to justify such a move, we could argue
> about it, of course.

OK, thanks for the clarification. Yes, there are no special path for
single-user mode for origins.

Now, senior members recently appeared here are not so motivated to restrict some
operations in single-user mode unless it cannot be done in principle. Based on
that, I decided to close the thread once until someone raised another point.
For the reference purpose, I attached a patch which prohibits slot manipulation
in single-user mode. Anyone can update and use the patch for any purposes.

Best regards,
Hayato Kuroda
FUJITSU LIMITED

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v8-0001-Prohibit-slot-manipulation-while-in-single-user-m.patch application/octet-stream 8.6 KB

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