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* [PATCH v1 3/4] autovac: combine reloptions correctly
@ 2025-06-23 20:16  Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Nathan Bossart @ 2025-06-23 20:16 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c b/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
index 3bedca971ff..0d1f4e38b58 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
@@ -1873,6 +1873,73 @@ get_database_list(void)
 	return dblist;
 }
 
+static void
+combine_relopts(StdRdOptions *toast_opts, const StdRdOptions *main_opts)
+{
+	AutoVacOpts *toast_avopts = &toast_opts->autovacuum;
+	const AutoVacOpts *main_avopts = &main_opts->autovacuum;
+
+	/* XXX: need isset_offset to combine "enabled" */
+
+	if (toast_avopts->vacuum_threshold == -1)
+		toast_avopts->vacuum_threshold = main_avopts->vacuum_threshold;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->vacuum_max_threshold == -2)
+		toast_avopts->vacuum_max_threshold = main_avopts->vacuum_max_threshold;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->vacuum_ins_threshold == -2)
+		toast_avopts->vacuum_ins_threshold = main_avopts->vacuum_ins_threshold;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->analyze_threshold == -1)
+		toast_avopts->analyze_threshold = main_avopts->analyze_threshold;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->vacuum_cost_limit == -1)
+		toast_avopts->vacuum_cost_limit = main_avopts->vacuum_cost_limit;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->freeze_min_age == -1)
+		toast_avopts->freeze_min_age = main_avopts->freeze_min_age;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->freeze_max_age == -1)
+		toast_avopts->freeze_max_age = main_avopts->freeze_max_age;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->freeze_table_age == -1)
+		toast_avopts->freeze_table_age = main_avopts->freeze_table_age;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->multixact_freeze_min_age == -1)
+		toast_avopts->multixact_freeze_min_age = main_avopts->multixact_freeze_min_age;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->multixact_freeze_max_age == -1)
+		toast_avopts->multixact_freeze_max_age = main_avopts->multixact_freeze_max_age;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->multixact_freeze_table_age == -1)
+		toast_avopts->multixact_freeze_table_age = main_avopts->multixact_freeze_table_age;
+
+	/* XXX: need isset_offset for log_min_duration */
+
+	if (toast_avopts->vacuum_cost_delay == -1)
+		toast_avopts->vacuum_cost_delay = main_avopts->vacuum_cost_delay;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->vacuum_scale_factor == -1)
+		toast_avopts->vacuum_scale_factor = main_avopts->vacuum_scale_factor;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->vacuum_ins_scale_factor == -1)
+		toast_avopts->vacuum_ins_scale_factor = main_avopts->vacuum_ins_scale_factor;
+
+	if (toast_avopts->analyze_scale_factor == -1)
+		toast_avopts->analyze_scale_factor = main_avopts->analyze_scale_factor;
+
+	/* XXX: need isset_offset for vacuum_index_cleanup */
+
+	if (!toast_opts->vacuum_truncate_set && main_opts->vacuum_truncate_set)
+	{
+		toast_opts->vacuum_truncate = main_opts->vacuum_truncate;
+		toast_opts->vacuum_truncate_set = true;
+	}
+
+	if (toast_opts->vacuum_max_eager_freeze_failure_rate == -1)
+		toast_opts->vacuum_max_eager_freeze_failure_rate = main_opts->vacuum_max_eager_freeze_failure_rate;
+}
+
 /*
  * Process a database table-by-table
  *
@@ -2113,7 +2180,16 @@ do_autovacuum(void)
 		 */
 		relopts = (StdRdOptions *) extractRelOptions(tuple, pg_class_desc, NULL);
 		if (relopts)
+		{
+			av_relation *hentry;
+			bool		found;
+
 			free_relopts = true;
+
+			hentry = hash_search(table_toast_map, &relid, HASH_FIND, &found);
+			if (found && hentry->ar_hasrelopts)
+				combine_relopts(relopts, &hentry->ar_reloptions);
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			av_relation *hentry;
@@ -2733,7 +2809,16 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
 	 */
 	relopts = (StdRdOptions *) extractRelOptions(classTup, pg_class_desc, NULL);
 	if (relopts)
+	{
+		av_relation *hentry;
+		bool		found;
+
 		free_relopts = true;
+
+		hentry = hash_search(table_toast_map, &relid, HASH_FIND, &found);
+		if (found && hentry->ar_hasrelopts)
+			combine_relopts(relopts, &hentry->ar_reloptions);
+	}
 	else if (classForm->relkind == RELKIND_TOASTVALUE &&
 			 table_toast_map != NULL)
 	{
-- 
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 10/10] CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements: be specific about which GUC is limiting
@ 2026-04-03 19:01  Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 373+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c           |  3 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c      |  8 +++++---
 src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                 | 18 ++++++++++++------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c            | 11 ++++++-----
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c            |  5 +++--
 src/include/replication/logical.h              |  3 ++-
 src/include/replication/slot.h                 |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 610592a05b0..ca827223845 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20a0fe70ad..a08aece5731 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
index 9760818941d..512013b0ef0 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 2c6c6773ad2..13004ed547a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1669,19 +1669,25 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
+	int		limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	/* XXX we should be able to check exactly which type of slot we need */
-	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (repack)
+		limit = max_repack_replication_slots;
+	else
+		limit = max_replication_slots;
+
+	if (limit == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0 or \"%s\" > 0",
-						"max_replication_slots", "max_repack_replication_slots")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 78dd3c4ea66..16fbd383735 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 75ef3419a15..9d7d675fa96 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 
diff --git a/src/include/replication/logical.h b/src/include/replication/logical.h
index bc9d4ece672..bc075b16741 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/logical.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/logical.h
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index c316a01a807..489af7d8d6c 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);
-- 
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