From: | David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: PATCH: Make pg_stop_backup() archive wait optional |
Date: | 2017-03-01 03:37:14 |
Message-ID: | aa775a6f-059c-47dc-ef87-1f017073014b@pgmasters.net |
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On 2/28/17 10:22 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 6:22 AM, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> wrote:
>>>> I'm not sure that's the case. It seems like it should lock just as
>>>> multiple backends would now. One process would succeed and the others
>>>> would error. Maybe I'm missing something?
>>>
>>> Hm, any errors happening in the workers would be reported to the
>>> leader, meaning that even if one worker succeeded to run
>>> pg_start_backup() it would be reported as an error at the end to the
>>> client, no? By marking the exclusive function restricted we get sure
>>> that it is just the leader that fails or succeeds.
>>
>> Good point, and it strengthens the argument beyond, "it just seems right."
>
> I think the argument should be based on whether or not the function
> depends on backend-private state that will not be synchronized.
> That's the definition of what makes something parallel-restricted or
> not.
Absolutely. Yesterday was a long day so I may have (perhaps) become a
bit flippant.
> It looks like pg_start_backup() and pg_stop_backup() depend on the
> backend-private global variable nonexclusive_backup_running, so they
> should be parallel-restricted.
Agreed.
--
-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net
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