RE: 001_rep_changes.pl fails due to publisher stuck on shutdown

Dear Horiguchi-san,

Thanks for sharing the patch! I agree this approach (ensure WAL records are flushed)
Is more proper than others.

I have an unclear point. According to the comment atop GetInsertRecPtr(), it just
returns the approximated value - the position of the last full WAL page [1].
If there is a continuation WAL record which across a page, will it return the
halfway point of the WAL record (end of the first WAL page)? If so, the proposed
fix seems not sufficient. We have to point out the exact the end of the record.

[1]:
/*
 * GetInsertRecPtr -- Returns the current insert position.
 *
 * NOTE: The value *actually* returned is the position of the last full
 * xlog page. It lags behind the real insert position by at most 1 page.
 * For that, we don't need to scan through WAL insertion locks, and an
 * approximation is enough for the current usage of this function.
 */
XLogRecPtr
GetInsertRecPtr(void)

Best Regards,
Hayato Kuroda
FUJITSU LIMITED
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