On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 7:38 PM Amit Khandekar <amitdkhan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 4:26 PM, Amit Kapila <amit.kapil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I think this is exactly the reason for the problem. In my test [1], >> the error "permission denied" occurred when I second time executed >> pg_logical_slot_get_changes() which means on first execution the >> unlink would have been successful but the files are still not removed >> as they were not closed. Then on second execution, it gets an error >> "Permission denied" when it again tries to unlink files via >> ReorderBufferCleanupSerializedTXNs(). >> >> >> . >> > But what you are seeing is "Permission denied" errors. Not sure why >> > unlink() is failing. >> > >> >> In your test program, if you try to unlink the file second time, you >> should see the error "Permission denied". > > I tested using the sample program and indeed I got the error 5 (access > denied) when I called unlink the second time. >
So, what is the next step here? How about if we somehow check whether the file exists before doing unlink, say by using stat? If that doesn't work, I think we might need to go in the direction of tracking file handles in some way, so that they can be closed during an abort. -- With Regards, Amit Kapila. EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com