Re: [BUGS] 10.0: Logical replication doesn't execute BEFORE UPDATE OF trigger

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Aleksander Alekseev
> <a.alekseev@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
>> Hi hackers,
>>
>> I've found something that looks like a bug.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce
>> ------------------
>>
>> There are 3 instances of PostgreSQL 10.0 - inst1, inst2 and inst3. There
>> is a table `test` on every instance:
>>
>> ```
>> CREATE TABLE test(k TEXT PRIMARY KEY, v TEXT);
>> ```
>>
>> Both inst1 and inst2 have `allpub` publication:
>>
>> ```
>> CREATE PUBLICATION allpub FOR ALL TABLES;
>> ```
>>
>> ... and inst3 is subscribed for both publications:
>>
>> ```
>> CREATE SUBSCRIPTION allsub1
>>   CONNECTION 'host=10.128.0.16 user=eax dbname=eax'
>>   PUBLICATION allpub;
>>
>> CREATE SUBSCRIPTION allsub2
>>   CONNECTION 'host=10.128.0.26 user=eax dbname=eax'
>>   PUBLICATION allpub;
>> ```
>>
>> So basically it's two masters, one replica configuration. To resolve
>> insert/update conflicts I've created the following triggers on inst3:
>>
>> ```
>> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_before_insert()
>> RETURNS trigger AS $$
>> BEGIN
>>
>> RAISE NOTICE 'test_before_insert trigger executed';
>>
>> IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM test where k = new.k) THEN
>>    RAISE NOTICE 'test_before_insert trigger - merging data';
>>    UPDATE test SET v = v || ';' || new.v WHERE k = new.k;
>>    RETURN NULL;
>> END IF;
>>
>> RETURN NEW;
>>
>> END
>> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>>
>>
>> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_before_update()
>> RETURNS trigger AS $$
>> BEGIN
>>
>> RAISE NOTICE 'test_before_update trigger executed';
>>
>> IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM test where k = new.k) THEN
>>    RAISE NOTICE 'test_before_update trigger - merging data';
>>    UPDATE test SET v = v || ';' || new.v WHERE k = new.k;
>>    DELETE FROM test where k = old.k;
>>    RETURN NULL;
>> END IF;
>>
>> RETURN NEW;
>>
>> END
>> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>>
>> create trigger test_before_insert_trigger
>> before insert on test
>> for each row execute procedure test_before_insert();
>>
>> create trigger test_before_update_trigger
>> before update of k on test
>> for each row execute procedure test_before_update();
>>
>> ALTER TABLE test ENABLE REPLICA TRIGGER test_before_insert_trigger;
>> ALTER TABLE test ENABLE REPLICA TRIGGER test_before_update_trigger;
>> ```
>>
>> The INSERT trigger works just as expected, however the UPDATE trigger
>> doesn't. On inst1:
>>
>> ```
>> insert into test values ('k1', 'v1');
>> ```
>>
>> In inst2:
>>
>> ```
>> insert into test values ('k4', 'v4');
>> update test set k = 'k1' where k = 'k4';
>> ```
>>
>> Now on inst3:
>>
>> ```
>> select * from test;
>> ```
>>
>> Expected result
>> ---------------
>>
>> Rows are merged to:
>>
>> ```
>>  k  |   v
>> ----+-------
>>  k1 | v1;v4
>> ```
>>
>> This is what would happen if all insert/update queries would have been
>> executed on one instance.
>>
>> Actual result
>> -------------
>>
>> Replication fails, log contains:
>>
>> ```
>> [3227] ERROR:  duplicate key value violates unique constraint "test_pkey"
>> [3227] DETAIL:  Key (k)=(k1) already exists.
>> [3176] LOG:  worker process: logical replication worker for subscription 16402 (PID 3227) exited with exit code 1
>> ```
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>
> I think the cause of this issue is that the apply worker doesn't set
> updatedCols of RangeTblEntry when applying updates. So TriggerEnabled
> always ends up with false. I'll make a patch and submit.
>

Attached patch store the updated columns bitmap set to RangeTblEntry.
In my environment this bug seems to be fixed by the patch.

Regards,

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

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