Re: DROP SUBSCRIPTION hangs if sub is disabled in the same transaction

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Arseny Sher <a(dot)sher(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: DROP SUBSCRIPTION hangs if sub is disabled in the same transaction
Date: 2017-09-16 12:52:46
Message-ID: b4c42958-e67f-fb12-28b1-2da55f3ef97d@2ndquadrant.com
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On 9/15/17 13:35, Arseny Sher wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>
>> Here is a simple patch that fixes this, based on my original proposal
>> point #4.
>
> I checked, it passes the tests and solves the problem. However, isn't
> this
>
> + if (slotname || !subenabled)
>
> is a truism? Is it possible that subscription has no slot but still
> enabled?

Yeah, we could just remove the _at_commit() branch entirely. That would
effectively undo the change in 7e174fa793a2df89fe03d002a5087ef67abcdde8,
but I don't see any other choice for now. And the practical impact
would be quite limited.

> Besides, we can avoid stopping the workers if subscription has no
> associated replication origin, though this probably means that
> subscription was broken by user and is not worth it.

Right, it seems not worth addressing this case separately.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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