On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 06:48:45PM +0900, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote:
> Nice finding.
>
> At Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:39:45 -0500, Jaime Casanova <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec> wrote in
> > and the problem seems to be that after zero'ing the stats that includes
> > the name of the replication slot, this simple patch fixes it... not sure
> > if it's the right fix though...
>
> That doesn't work. since what that function clears is not the name in
> the slot struct but that in stats entry.
>
you're right... the curious thing is that I tested it and it worked, but
now it doesn't... maybe it was too late for me...
> The cause is what pg_stat_reset_replslot wants to do does not match
> what pgstat feature thinks as reset.
>
[...]
>
> Another measure would be to add the region to wipe-out on reset to
> PgStat_KindInfo, but it seems too much.. (attached)
>
This patch solves the problem, i didn't like the other solution because
as you say it partly nullify the protection of the assertion.
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Jaime Casanova
Director de Servicios Profesionales
SystemGuards - Consultores de PostgreSQL
