From: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: pgsql: Fix infinite wait when reading a partially written WAL record
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:46:09 +0000
Message-ID: <E1ud6x7-0075iV-1p@gemulon.postgresql.org> (raw)
Fix infinite wait when reading a partially written WAL record
If a crash occurs while writing a WAL record that spans multiple pages, the
recovery process marks the page with the XLP_FIRST_IS_OVERWRITE_CONTRECORD
flag. However, logical decoding currently attempts to read the full WAL
record based on its expected size before checking this flag, which can lead
to an infinite wait if the remaining data is never written (e.g., no activity
after crash).
This patch updates the logic first to read the page header and check for
the XLP_FIRST_IS_OVERWRITE_CONTRECORD flag before attempting to reconstruct
the full WAL record. If the flag is set, decoding correctly identifies
the record as incomplete and avoids waiting for WAL data that will never
arrive.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_ZCOzQpEumLFgG_%2Biw3FTa%2BhJ4SRpxzaQBYxxM_ZAzWcA%40mail.gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CALDaNm34m36PDHzsU_GdcNXU0gLTfFY5rzh9GSQv%3Dw6B%2BQVNRQ%40mail.gmail.com
Author: Vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hayato Kuroda <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Backpatch-through: 13
Branch
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REL_13_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/762f352ca4a6c7007f1c32b0d4e4fbeb8c807468
Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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