Disallow starting server with insufficient wal_level for existing slot.

Previously it was possible to create a slot, change wal_level, and
restart, even if the new wal_level was insufficient for the
slot. That's a problem for both logical and physical slots, because
the necessary WAL records are not generated.

This removes a few tests in newer versions that, somewhat
inexplicably, whether restarting with a too low wal_level worked (a
buggy behaviour!).

Reported-By: Joshua D. Drake
Author: Andres Freund
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20181029191304.lbsmhshkyymhw22w@alap3.anarazel.de
Backpatch: 9.4-, where replication slots where introduced

3 files changed, 36 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index 6fc762e318d..733e4d9958c 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
 {
 	CheckSlotRequirements();
 
+	/*
+	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
+	 * needs the same check.
+	 */
+
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_LOGICAL)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 7368f9653ba..093da48e1f8 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -972,6 +972,11 @@ restart:
 void
 CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
+	 * needs the same check.
+	 */
+
 	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
@@ -1493,6 +1498,31 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Verify that requirements for the specific slot type are met. That's
+	 * important because if these aren't met we're not guaranteed to retain
+	 * all the necessary resources for the slot.
+	 *
+	 * NB: We have to do so *after* the above checks for ephemeral slots,
+	 * because otherwise a slot that shouldn't exist anymore could prevent
+	 * restarts.
+	 *
+	 * NB: Changing the requirements here also requires adapting
+	 * CheckSlotRequirements() and CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements().
+	 */
+	if (cp.slotdata.database != InvalidOid && wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_LOGICAL)
+		ereport(FATAL,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				 errmsg("logical replication slots \"%s\" exists, but wal_level < logical",
+						NameStr(cp.slotdata.name)),
+				 errhint("Change wal_level to be replica or higher.")));
+	else if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
+		ereport(FATAL,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				 errmsg("physical replication slots \"%s\" exists, but wal_level < replica",
+						NameStr(cp.slotdata.name)),
+				 errhint("Change wal_level to be replica or higher.")));
+
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
 	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl
index e3a5fe9bc01..884b0aedd1e 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 16;
+use Test::More tests => 10;
 use Config;
 
 # Initialize master node
@@ -135,26 +135,5 @@ is($node_master->psql('postgres', 'DROP DATABASE otherdb'),
 is($node_master->slot('otherdb_slot')->{'slot_name'},
 	undef, 'logical slot was actually dropped with DB');
 
-# Restarting a node with wal_level = logical that has existing
-# slots must succeed, but decoding from those slots must fail.
-$node_master->safe_psql('postgres', 'ALTER SYSTEM SET wal_level = replica');
-is($node_master->safe_psql('postgres', 'SHOW wal_level'),
-	'logical', 'wal_level is still logical before restart');
-$node_master->restart;
-is($node_master->safe_psql('postgres', 'SHOW wal_level'),
-	'replica', 'wal_level is replica');
-isnt($node_master->slot('test_slot')->{'catalog_xmin'},
-	'0', 'restored slot catalog_xmin is nonzero');
-is( $node_master->psql(
-		'postgres',
-		qq[SELECT pg_logical_slot_get_changes('test_slot', NULL, NULL);]),
-	3,
-	'reading from slot with wal_level < logical fails');
-is( $node_master->psql(
-		'postgres', q[SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('test_slot')]),
-	0,
-	'can drop logical slot while wal_level = replica');
-is($node_master->slot('test_slot')->{'catalog_xmin'}, '', 'slot was dropped');
-
 # done with the node
 $node_master->stop;