Re: Why is subscription/t/031_column_list.pl failing so much? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 8:30 AM Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 05.02.2024 15:20, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > If this can be reproduced frequently then we can even try to test the
> > patch in that thread by Osumi-San [1] (I haven't tested that it
> > applies cleanly but shouldn't be difficult to make it work) based on
> > the theory that walsender is starting up at an LSN somewhere before
> > where the publication is created.
> >
> > [1] -
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/TYCPR01MB83737A68CD5D554EA82BD7B9EDD39%40TYCPR01MB8373.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
> >
>
> Yes, with the aforementioned modification of bgwriter.c and when running
> 20 tests in parallel, I got failures on iterations 20. 3, 21 ..., but with the
> updated Osumi-San's patch (which adds wait_for_catchup('sub1') before every
> ALTER SUBSCRIPTION sub1 SET PUBLICATION ...) applied, 300 iterations ran
> with no failures.
>

cool, is it possible to see whether this patch changes the runtime of
this test in any noticeable way?

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.