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Hot Standby feedback for avoidance of cleanup conflicts on standby. 

Standby optionally sends back information about oldestXmin of queries
which is then checked and applied to the WALSender's proc->xmin.
GetOldestXmin() is modified slightly to agree with GetSnapshotData(),
so that all backends on primary include WALSender within their snapshots.
Note this does nothing to change the snapshot xmin on either master or
standby. Feedback piggybacks on the standby reply message.
vacuum_defer_cleanup_age is no longer used on standby, though parameter
still exists on primary, since some use cases still exist.

Simon Riggs, review comments from Fujii Masao, Heikki Linnakangas, Robert Haas
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Simon Riggs 2011-02-16 19:29:37 +00:00
parent 65076269ea
commit bca8b7f16a
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20
doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
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@ -2006,6 +2006,10 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
file or on the server command line.
</para>
<para>
You should also consider setting <varname>hot_standby_feedback</>
as an alternative to using this parameter.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@ -2121,6 +2125,22 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-hot-standby-feedback" xreflabel="hot_standby">
<term><varname>hot_standby_feedback</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>hot_standby_feedback</> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies whether or not a hot standby will send feedback to the primary
about queries currently executing on the standby. This parameter can
be used to eliminate query cancels caused by cleanup records, though
it can cause database bloat on the primary for some workloads.
The default value is <literal>off</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>

44
doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
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@ -1483,23 +1483,6 @@ if (!triggered)
on the primary, if it delays application of WAL records.
</para>
<para>
The most common reason for conflict between standby queries and WAL replay
is <quote>early cleanup</>. Normally, <productname>PostgreSQL</> allows
cleanup of old row versions when there are no transactions that need to
see them to ensure correct visibility of data according to MVCC rules.
However, this rule can only be applied for transactions executing on the
master. So it is possible that cleanup on the master will remove row
versions that are still visible to a transaction on the standby.
</para>
<para>
Experienced users should note that both row version cleanup and row version
freezing will potentially conflict with standby queries. Running a manual
<command>VACUUM FREEZE</> is likely to cause conflicts even on tables with
no updated or deleted rows.
</para>
<para>
Once the delay specified by <varname>max_standby_archive_delay</> or
<varname>max_standby_streaming_delay</> has been exceeded, conflicting
@ -1526,6 +1509,23 @@ if (!triggered)
as a result of being unable to keep up with a heavy update load.
</para>
<para>
The most common reason for conflict between standby queries and WAL replay
is <quote>early cleanup</>. Normally, <productname>PostgreSQL</> allows
cleanup of old row versions when there are no transactions that need to
see them to ensure correct visibility of data according to MVCC rules.
However, this rule can only be applied for transactions executing on the
master. So it is possible that cleanup on the master will remove row
versions that are still visible to a transaction on the standby.
</para>
<para>
Experienced users should note that both row version cleanup and row version
freezing will potentially conflict with standby queries. Running a manual
<command>VACUUM FREEZE</> is likely to cause conflicts even on tables with
no updated or deleted rows.
</para>
<para>
Users should be clear that tables that are regularly and heavily updated
on the primary server will quickly cause cancellation of longer running
@ -1537,12 +1537,10 @@ if (!triggered)
<para>
Remedial possibilities exist if the number of standby-query cancellations
is found to be unacceptable. The first option is to connect to the
primary server and keep a query active for as long as needed to
run queries on the standby. This prevents <command>VACUUM</> from removing
recently-dead rows and so cleanup conflicts do not occur.
This could be done using <xref linkend="dblink"> and
<function>pg_sleep()</>, or via other mechanisms. If you do this, you
is found to be unacceptable. The first option is to set the parameter
<varname>hot_standby_feedback</>, which prevents <command>VACUUM</> from
removing recently-dead rows and so cleanup conflicts do not occur.
If you do this, you
should note that this will delay cleanup of dead rows on the primary,
which may result in undesirable table bloat. However, the cleanup
situation will be no worse than if the standby queries were running

58
src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
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@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ static XLogRecPtr LastRec;
* known, need to check the shared state".
*/
static bool LocalRecoveryInProgress = true;
/*
* Local copy of SharedHotStandbyActive variable. False actually means "not
* known, need to check the shared state".
*/
static bool LocalHotStandbyActive = false;
/*
* Local state for XLogInsertAllowed():
@ -405,6 +410,12 @@ typedef struct XLogCtlData
*/
bool SharedRecoveryInProgress;
/*
* SharedHotStandbyActive indicates if we're still in crash or archive
* recovery. Protected by info_lck.
*/
bool SharedHotStandbyActive;
/*
* recoveryWakeupLatch is used to wake up the startup process to
* continue WAL replay, if it is waiting for WAL to arrive or failover
@ -4917,6 +4928,7 @@ XLOGShmemInit(void)
*/
XLogCtl->XLogCacheBlck = XLOGbuffers - 1;
XLogCtl->SharedRecoveryInProgress = true;
XLogCtl->SharedHotStandbyActive = false;
XLogCtl->Insert.currpage = (XLogPageHeader) (XLogCtl->pages);
SpinLockInit(&XLogCtl->info_lck);
InitSharedLatch(&XLogCtl->recoveryWakeupLatch);
@ -6790,8 +6802,6 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
static void
CheckRecoveryConsistency(void)
{
static bool backendsAllowed = false;
/*
* Have we passed our safe starting point?
*/
@ -6811,11 +6821,19 @@ CheckRecoveryConsistency(void)
* enabling connections.
*/
if (standbyState == STANDBY_SNAPSHOT_READY &&
!backendsAllowed &&
!LocalHotStandbyActive &&
reachedMinRecoveryPoint &&
IsUnderPostmaster)
{
backendsAllowed = true;
/* use volatile pointer to prevent code rearrangement */
volatile XLogCtlData *xlogctl = XLogCtl;
SpinLockAcquire(&xlogctl->info_lck);
xlogctl->SharedHotStandbyActive = true;
SpinLockRelease(&xlogctl->info_lck);
LocalHotStandbyActive = true;
SendPostmasterSignal(PMSIGNAL_BEGIN_HOT_STANDBY);
}
}
@ -6862,6 +6880,38 @@ RecoveryInProgress(void)
}
}
/*
* Is HotStandby active yet? This is only important in special backends
* since normal backends won't ever be able to connect until this returns
* true. Postmaster knows this by way of signal, not via shared memory.
*
* Unlike testing standbyState, this works in any process that's connected to
* shared memory.
*/
bool
HotStandbyActive(void)
{
/*
* We check shared state each time only until Hot Standby is active. We
* can't de-activate Hot Standby, so there's no need to keep checking after
* the shared variable has once been seen true.
*/
if (LocalHotStandbyActive)
return true;
else
{
/* use volatile pointer to prevent code rearrangement */
volatile XLogCtlData *xlogctl = XLogCtl;
/* spinlock is essential on machines with weak memory ordering! */
SpinLockAcquire(&xlogctl->info_lck);
LocalHotStandbyActive = xlogctl->SharedHotStandbyActive;
SpinLockRelease(&xlogctl->info_lck);
return LocalHotStandbyActive;
}
}
/*
* Is this process allowed to insert new WAL records?
*

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src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
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@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "access/transam.h"
#include "access/xlog_internal.h"
#include "libpq/pqsignal.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
#include "replication/walreceiver.h"
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/pmsignal.h"
#include "storage/procarray.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "utils/guc.h"
#include "utils/memutils.h"
@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ bool am_walreceiver;
/* GUC variable */
int wal_receiver_status_interval;
bool hot_standby_feedback;
/* libpqreceiver hooks to these when loaded */
walrcv_connect_type walrcv_connect = NULL;
@ -610,16 +613,43 @@ XLogWalRcvSendReply(void)
wal_receiver_status_interval * 1000))
return;
/* Construct a new message. */
/* Construct a new message */
reply_message.write = LogstreamResult.Write;
reply_message.flush = LogstreamResult.Flush;
reply_message.apply = GetXLogReplayRecPtr();
reply_message.sendTime = now;
elog(DEBUG2, "sending write %X/%X flush %X/%X apply %X/%X",
/*
* Get the OldestXmin and its associated epoch
*/
if (hot_standby_feedback && HotStandbyActive())
{
TransactionId nextXid;
uint32 nextEpoch;
reply_message.xmin = GetOldestXmin(true, false);
/*
* Get epoch and adjust if nextXid and oldestXmin are different
* sides of the epoch boundary.
*/
GetNextXidAndEpoch(&nextXid, &nextEpoch);
if (nextXid < reply_message.xmin)
nextEpoch--;
reply_message.epoch = nextEpoch;
}
else
{
reply_message.xmin = InvalidTransactionId;
reply_message.epoch = 0;
}
elog(DEBUG2, "sending write %X/%X flush %X/%X apply %X/%X xmin %u epoch %u",
reply_message.write.xlogid, reply_message.write.xrecoff,
reply_message.flush.xlogid, reply_message.flush.xrecoff,
reply_message.apply.xlogid, reply_message.apply.xrecoff);
reply_message.apply.xlogid, reply_message.apply.xrecoff,
reply_message.xmin,
reply_message.epoch);
/* Prepend with the message type and send it. */
buf[0] = 'r';

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src/backend/replication/walsender.c
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@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
#include "storage/ipc.h"
#include "storage/pmsignal.h"
#include "storage/proc.h"
#include "storage/procarray.h"
#include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "utils/guc.h"
@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ ProcessStandbyReplyMessage(void)
{
StandbyReplyMessage reply;
char msgtype;
TransactionId newxmin = InvalidTransactionId;
resetStringInfo(&reply_message);
@ -531,10 +533,12 @@ ProcessStandbyReplyMessage(void)
pq_copymsgbytes(&reply_message, (char *) &reply, sizeof(StandbyReplyMessage));
elog(DEBUG2, "write %X/%X flush %X/%X apply %X/%X ",
elog(DEBUG2, "write %X/%X flush %X/%X apply %X/%X xmin %u epoch %u",
reply.write.xlogid, reply.write.xrecoff,
reply.flush.xlogid, reply.flush.xrecoff,
reply.apply.xlogid, reply.apply.xrecoff);
reply.apply.xlogid, reply.apply.xrecoff,
reply.xmin,
reply.epoch);
/*
* Update shared state for this WalSender process
@ -550,6 +554,69 @@ ProcessStandbyReplyMessage(void)
walsnd->apply = reply.apply;
SpinLockRelease(&walsnd->mutex);
}
/*
* Update the WalSender's proc xmin to allow it to be visible
* to snapshots. This will hold back the removal of dead rows
* and thereby prevent the generation of cleanup conflicts
* on the standby server.
*/
if (TransactionIdIsValid(reply.xmin))
{
TransactionId nextXid;
uint32 nextEpoch;
bool epochOK;
GetNextXidAndEpoch(&nextXid, &nextEpoch);
/*
* Epoch of oldestXmin should be same as standby or
* if the counter has wrapped, then one less than reply.
*/
if (reply.xmin <= nextXid)
{
if (reply.epoch == nextEpoch)
epochOK = true;
}
else
{
if (nextEpoch > 0 && reply.epoch == nextEpoch - 1)
epochOK = true;
}
/*
* Feedback from standby must not go backwards, nor should it go
* forwards further than our most recent xid.
*/
if (epochOK && TransactionIdPrecedesOrEquals(reply.xmin, nextXid))
{
if (!TransactionIdIsValid(MyProc->xmin))
{
TransactionId oldestXmin = GetOldestXmin(true, true);
if (TransactionIdPrecedes(oldestXmin, reply.xmin))
newxmin = reply.xmin;
else
newxmin = oldestXmin;
}
else
{
if (TransactionIdPrecedes(MyProc->xmin, reply.xmin))
newxmin = reply.xmin;
else
newxmin = MyProc->xmin; /* stay the same */
}
}
}
/*
* Grab the ProcArrayLock to set xmin, or invalidate for bad reply
*/
if (MyProc->xmin != newxmin)
{
LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_SHARED);
MyProc->xmin = newxmin;
LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
}
}
/* Main loop of walsender process */

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src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
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@ -1034,7 +1034,9 @@ GetOldestXmin(bool allDbs, bool ignoreVacuum)
if (ignoreVacuum && (proc->vacuumFlags & PROC_IN_VACUUM))
continue;
if (allDbs || proc->databaseId == MyDatabaseId)
if (allDbs ||
proc->databaseId == MyDatabaseId ||
proc->databaseId == 0) /* include WalSender */
{
/* Fetch xid just once - see GetNewTransactionId */
TransactionId xid = proc->xid;
@ -1066,28 +1068,35 @@ GetOldestXmin(bool allDbs, bool ignoreVacuum)
*/
TransactionId kaxmin = KnownAssignedXidsGetOldestXmin();
LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
if (TransactionIdIsNormal(kaxmin) &&
TransactionIdPrecedes(kaxmin, result))
result = kaxmin;
}
else
{
/*
* No other information needed, so release the lock immediately.
*/
LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
/*
* Compute the cutoff XID, being careful not to generate a "permanent"
* XID.
*
* vacuum_defer_cleanup_age provides some additional "slop" for the
* benefit of hot standby queries on slave servers. This is quick and
* dirty, and perhaps not all that useful unless the master has a
* predictable transaction rate, but it's what we've got. Note that we
* are assuming vacuum_defer_cleanup_age isn't large enough to cause
* wraparound --- so guc.c should limit it to no more than the
* xidStopLimit threshold in varsup.c.
*/
result -= vacuum_defer_cleanup_age;
if (!TransactionIdIsNormal(result))
result = FirstNormalTransactionId;
/*
* Compute the cutoff XID, being careful not to generate a "permanent"
* XID. We need do this only on the primary, never on standby.
*
* vacuum_defer_cleanup_age provides some additional "slop" for the
* benefit of hot standby queries on slave servers. This is quick and
* dirty, and perhaps not all that useful unless the master has a
* predictable transaction rate, but it's what we've got. Note that we
* are assuming vacuum_defer_cleanup_age isn't large enough to cause
* wraparound --- so guc.c should limit it to no more than the
* xidStopLimit threshold in varsup.c.
*/
result -= vacuum_defer_cleanup_age;
if (!TransactionIdIsNormal(result))
result = FirstNormalTransactionId;
}
return result;
}

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src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
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@ -1278,6 +1278,15 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
false, NULL, NULL
},
{
{"hot_standby_feedback", PGC_SIGHUP, WAL_STANDBY_SERVERS,
gettext_noop("Allows feedback from a hot standby primary that will avoid query conflicts."),
NULL
},
&hot_standby_feedback,
false, NULL, NULL
},
{
{"allow_system_table_mods", PGC_POSTMASTER, DEVELOPER_OPTIONS,
gettext_noop("Allows modifications of the structure of system tables."),

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src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
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@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
#hot_standby = off # "on" allows queries during recovery
# (change requires restart)
#hot_standby_feedback = off # info from standby to prevent query conflicts
#max_standby_archive_delay = 30s # max delay before canceling queries
# when reading WAL from archive;
# -1 allows indefinite delay

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src/include/access/xlog.h
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@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ extern void xlog_desc(StringInfo buf, uint8 xl_info, char *rec);
extern void issue_xlog_fsync(int fd, uint32 log, uint32 seg);
extern bool RecoveryInProgress(void);
extern bool HotStandbyActive(void);
extern bool XLogInsertAllowed(void);
extern void GetXLogReceiptTime(TimestampTz *rtime, bool *fromStream);
extern XLogRecPtr GetXLogReplayRecPtr(void);

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src/include/replication/walprotocol.h
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@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ typedef struct
XLogRecPtr flush;
XLogRecPtr apply;
/*
* The current xmin and epoch from the standby, for Hot Standby feedback.
* This may be invalid if the standby-side does not support feedback,
* or Hot Standby is not yet available.
*/
TransactionId xmin;
uint32 epoch;
/* Sender's system clock at the time of transmission */
TimestampTz sendTime;
} StandbyReplyMessage;

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src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
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@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
extern bool am_walreceiver;
extern int wal_receiver_status_interval;
extern bool hot_standby_feedback;
/*
* MAXCONNINFO: maximum size of a connection string.