On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.m...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Michael Paquier
>> <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.m...@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> I think we need to check only sessionBackupState and don't need to
>>>> check XLogCtl->Insert.exclusiveBackupState in do_pg_abort_backup(). We
>>>> can quickly return if sessionBackupState !=
>>>> SESSION_BACKUP_NON_EXCLUSIVE. In your suggestion, I think we can still
>>>> get an assertion failure when pg_stop_backup(false) waiting for
>>>> archiving is terminated while concurrent an exclusive backup is in
>>>> progress.
>>>
>>> I have just gone through the thread once again, and noticed that it is
>>> actually what I suggested upthread:
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/cab7npqtm5cdrr5y7yyfky+pvdz6dws_jkg1kstan5m95gam...@mail.gmail.com
>>> But your v2 posted here did not do that so it is incorrect from the start:
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/cad21aoa+isxyl1_zxmnk9xjhyel5h6rxjttovli7fumqfmc...@mail.gmail.com
>>
>> Sorry, it's my fault. I didn't mean it but I forgot.
>
> My review was wrong as well :)
>
>>> We both got a bit confused here. As do_pg_abort_backup() is only used
>>> for non-exclusive backups (including those taken through the
>>> replication protocol), going through the session lock for checks is
>>> fine. Could you update your patch accordingly please?
>>
>> One question is, since we need to check only the session lock I think
>> that the following change is not necessary. Even if calling
>> CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS after set sessionBackupState =
>> SESSION_BACKUP_EXCLUSIVE; we never call do_pg_abort_backup(). Is that
>> right?
>
> Yeah, this one is not strictly necessary for this bug, but it seems to
> me that it would be a good idea for robustness wiht interrupts to be
> consistent with the stop phase when updating the session lock.

Agreed. Attached the updated patch, please review it.

Regards,

--
Masahiko Sawada
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center

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