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Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/replication')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/replication/slot.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h index 76a88c6de78..7964ae254f4 100644 --- a/src/include/replication/slot.h +++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h @@ -86,6 +86,19 @@ typedef struct ReplicationSlotPersistentData /* * Shared memory state of a single replication slot. + * + * The in-memory data of replication slots follows a locking model based + * on two linked concepts: + * - A replication slot's in_use flag is switched when added or discarded using + * the LWLock ReplicationSlotControlLock, which needs to be hold in exclusive + * mode when updating the flag by the backend owning the slot and doing the + * operation, while readers (concurrent backends not owning the slot) need + * to hold it in shared mode when looking at replication slot data. + * - Individual fields are protected by mutex where only the backend owning + * the slot is authorized to update the fields from its own slot. The + * backend owning the slot does not need to take this lock when reading its + * own fields, while concurrent backends not owning this slot should take the + * lock when reading this slot's data. */ typedef struct ReplicationSlot { |