postgresql/src/test/subscription
Amit Kapila 288a817bcb Fix self-deadlock during DROP SUBSCRIPTION.
The DROP SUBSCRIPTION command performs several operations: it stops the
subscription workers, removes subscription-related entries from system
catalogs, and deletes the replication slot on the publisher server.
Previously, this command acquired an AccessExclusiveLock on
pg_subscription before initiating these steps.

However, while holding this lock, the command attempts to connect to the
publisher to remove the replication slot. In cases where the connection is
made to a newly created database on the same server as subscriber, the
cache-building process during connection tries to acquire an
AccessShareLock on pg_subscription, resulting in a self-deadlock.

To resolve this issue, we reduce the lock level on pg_subscription during
DROP SUBSCRIPTION from AccessExclusiveLock to RowExclusiveLock. Earlier,
the higher lock level was used to prevent the launcher from starting a new
worker during the drop operation, as a restarted worker could become
orphaned.

Now, instead of relying on a strict lock, we acquire an AccessShareLock on
the specific subscription being dropped and re-validate its existence
after acquiring the lock. If the subscription is no longer valid, the
worker exits gracefully. This approach avoids the deadlock while still
ensuring that orphan workers are not created.

Reported-by: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>
Author: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hayato Kuroda <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Backpatch-through: 13
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/18988-7312c868be2d467f@postgresql.org
2025-08-19 05:06:37 +00:00
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README Doc: improve README files associated with TAP tests. 2021-10-31 18:12:44 -04:00

src/test/subscription/README

Regression tests for subscription/logical replication
=====================================================

This directory contains a test suite for subscription/logical replication.

Running the tests
=================

NOTE: You must have given the --enable-tap-tests argument to configure.
Also, to use "make installcheck", you must have built and installed
contrib/hstore in addition to the core code.

Run
    make check
or
    make installcheck
You can use "make installcheck" if you previously did "make install".
In that case, the code in the installation tree is tested.  With
"make check", a temporary installation tree is built from the current
sources and then tested.

Either way, this test initializes, starts, and stops several test Postgres
clusters.

See src/test/perl/README for more info about running these tests.