Add a WAIT option to DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT

Commit 9915de6c1cb2 changed the default behavior of
DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT so that it would wait until any session holding
the slot active would release it, instead of raising an error.  But
users are already depending on the original behavior, so revert to it by
default and add a WAIT option to invoke the new behavior.

Per complaint from Simone Gotti, in
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEvsy6Wgdf90O6pUvg2wSVXL2omH5OPC-38OD4Zzgk-FXavj3Q@mail.gmail.com

8 files changed, 30 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
index 8dcfc6c7424..f8142518c15 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ $ pg_recvlogical -d postgres --slot test --drop-slot
      </listitem>
 
      <listitem>
-      <para><literal>DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT <replaceable>slot_name</replaceable></literal></para>
+      <para><literal>DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT <replaceable>slot_name</replaceable></literal> <optional> <literal>WAIT</> </></para>
      </listitem>
 
      <listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 7c012f59a3e..2bb4e38a9db 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -2173,13 +2173,13 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
   </varlistentry>
 
   <varlistentry>
-    <term><literal>DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT</literal> <replaceable class="parameter">slot_name</>
+    <term>
+     <literal>DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT</literal> <replaceable class="parameter">slot_name</> <optional> <literal>WAIT</> </optional>
      <indexterm><primary>DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT</primary></indexterm>
     </term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Drops a replication slot, freeing any reserved server-side resources. If
-      the slot is currently in use by an active connection, this command fails.
+      Drops a replication slot, freeing any reserved server-side resources.
       If the slot is a logical slot that was created in a database other than
       the database the walsender is connected to, this command fails.
      </para>
@@ -2192,6 +2192,17 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
          </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><literal>WAIT</literal></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+         This option causes the command to wait if the slot is active until
+         it becomes inactive, instead of the default behavior of raising an
+         error.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
     </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
index 005e74201d4..77620dfd429 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ DropSubscription(DropSubscriptionStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	load_file("libpqwalreceiver", false);
 
 	initStringInfo(&cmd);
-	appendStringInfo(&cmd, "DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT %s", quote_identifier(slotname));
+	appendStringInfo(&cmd, "DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT %s WAIT", quote_identifier(slotname));
 
 	wrconn = walrcv_connect(conninfo, true, subname, &err);
 	if (wrconn == NULL)
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/repl_gram.y b/src/backend/replication/repl_gram.y
index ec047c827cf..a012447fa2a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/repl_gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/replication/repl_gram.y
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static SQLCmd *make_sqlcmd(void);
 %token K_LABEL
 %token K_PROGRESS
 %token K_FAST
+%token K_WAIT
 %token K_NOWAIT
 %token K_MAX_RATE
 %token K_WAL
@@ -272,6 +273,15 @@ drop_replication_slot:
 					DropReplicationSlotCmd *cmd;
 					cmd = makeNode(DropReplicationSlotCmd);
 					cmd->slotname = $2;
+					cmd->wait = false;
+					$$ = (Node *) cmd;
+				}
+			| K_DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT IDENT K_WAIT
+				{
+					DropReplicationSlotCmd *cmd;
+					cmd = makeNode(DropReplicationSlotCmd);
+					cmd->slotname = $2;
+					cmd->wait = true;
 					$$ = (Node *) cmd;
 				}
 			;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/repl_scanner.l b/src/backend/replication/repl_scanner.l
index 52ae7b343fb..62bb5288c01 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/repl_scanner.l
+++ b/src/backend/replication/repl_scanner.l
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ TEMPORARY			{ return K_TEMPORARY; }
 EXPORT_SNAPSHOT		{ return K_EXPORT_SNAPSHOT; }
 NOEXPORT_SNAPSHOT	{ return K_NOEXPORT_SNAPSHOT; }
 USE_SNAPSHOT		{ return K_USE_SNAPSHOT; }
+WAIT				{ return K_WAIT; }
 
 ","				{ return ','; }
 ";"				{ return ';'; }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index d4cbd83bde1..ab776e85d2f 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotRequirements();
 
-	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), false);
+	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
 	PG_RETURN_VOID();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 03e1cf44dee..db346e6edbd 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 static void
 DropReplicationSlot(DropReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 {
-	ReplicationSlotDrop(cmd->slotname, false);
+	ReplicationSlotDrop(cmd->slotname, !cmd->wait);
 	EndCommand("DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT", DestRemote);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/replnodes.h b/src/include/nodes/replnodes.h
index dea61e90e96..2053ffabe09 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/replnodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/replnodes.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ typedef struct DropReplicationSlotCmd
 {
 	NodeTag		type;
 	char	   *slotname;
+	bool		wait;
 } DropReplicationSlotCmd;