Re: persist logical slots to disk during shutdown checkpoint

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 3:42 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Once we have last_persisted_confirm_flush_lsn, (1) is just an
> > optimization on top of that. With that we take the opportunity to
> > persist confirmed_flush_lsn which is much farther than the current
> > persisted value and thus improving chances of updating restart_lsn and
> > catalog_xmin faster after a WAL sender restart. We need to keep that
> > in mind when implementing (2). The problem is if we don't implement
> > (1) right now, we might just forget to do that small incremental
> > change in future. My preference is 1. Do both (1) and (2) together 2.
> > Do (2) first and then (1) as a separate commit. 3. Just implement (2)
> > if we don't have time at all for first two options.
> >
>
> I prefer one of (2) or (3). Anyway, it is better to do that
> optimization (persist confirm_flush_lsn at a regular interval) as a
> separate patch as we need to test and prove its value separately.

Fine with me.


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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat