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authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2011-01-17 12:22:24 +0200
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2011-01-17 12:27:35 +0200
commit34ef02b4d4c06e2bae6ad09cfd6d9c097eb73743 (patch)
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parente0c274679cb50064a92472c94c7ef5849a156536 (diff)
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Before exiting walreceiver, fsync() all the WAL received.
Otherwise WAL recovery will replay the un-flushed WAL after walreceiver has exited, which can lead to a non-recoverable standby if the system crashes hard at that point.
-rw-r--r--src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c b/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
index d257caf913d..7005307dc25 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ WalRcvDie(int code, Datum arg)
/* use volatile pointer to prevent code rearrangement */
volatile WalRcvData *walrcv = WalRcv;
+ /* Ensure that all WAL records received are flushed to disk */
+ XLogWalRcvFlush();
+
SpinLockAcquire(&walrcv->mutex);
Assert(walrcv->walRcvState == WALRCV_RUNNING ||
walrcv->walRcvState == WALRCV_STOPPING);