Re: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 9:45 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here are some review comments for v65-0002

Thanks Peter for the feedback. I have addressed these in v66.

>
> 4. GetStandbyFlushRecPtr
>
>  /*
> - * Returns the latest point in WAL that has been safely flushed to disk, and
> - * can be sent to the standby. This should only be called when in recovery,
> - * ie. we're streaming to a cascaded standby.
> + * Returns the latest point in WAL that has been safely flushed to disk.
> + * This should only be called when in recovery.
> + *
>
> Since it says "This should only be called when in recovery", should
> there also be a check for that (e.g. RecoveryInProgress) in the added
> Assert?

Since 'am_cascading_walsender' and  'IsLogicalSlotSyncWorker' makes
sense 'in-recovery' only, I think explicit check for
'RecoveryInProgress' is not needed here. But I can add if others also
think it is needed.

thanks
Shveta