Hi, Am Freitag, den 15.03.2019, 11:50 +0900 schrieb Michael Paquier: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 04:26:20PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, den 14.03.2019, 15:26 +0100 schrieb Magnus Hagander: > > > One big-hammer method could be similar to what pg_upgrade does -- > > > temporarily rename away the controlfile so postgresql can't start, and > > > when done, put it back. > > > > That sounds like a good solution to me. I've made PoC patch for that, > > see attached. > > Indeed. I did not know this trick from pg_upgrade. We could just use > the same. > > > The only question is whether pg_checksums should try to move pg_control > > back (i) on failure (ii) when interrupted? > > Yes, we should have a callback on SIGINT and SIGTERM here which just > moves back in place the control file if the temporary one exists. I > have been able to grab some time to incorporate the feedback gathered > on this thread, and please find attached a new version of the patch to > add --enable/--disable.
Thanks! One thing stood out to me while quickly looking over it: + /* + * Flush the control file and its parent path to make the change + * durable. + */ + if (fsync_fname(controlfile_path, false, progname) != 0 || + fsync_parent_path(controlfile_path, progname) != 0) + { + /* errors are already logged on failure */ + exit(1); + } ISTM this would not run fsync_parent_path() unless the first fsync fails which is not the intended use. I guess we need two ifs here? Michael -- Michael Banck Projektleiter / Senior Berater Tel.: +49 2166 9901-171 Fax: +49 2166 9901-100 Email: michael.ba...@credativ.de credativ GmbH, HRB Mönchengladbach 12080 USt-ID-Nummer: DE204566209 Trompeterallee 108, 41189 Mönchengladbach Geschäftsführung: Dr. Michael Meskes, Jörg Folz, Sascha Heuer Unser Umgang mit personenbezogenen Daten unterliegt folgenden Bestimmungen: https://www.credativ.de/datenschutz