Some version interface test functions were integrated into the core code because they relied on the PostgreSQL versioned interface. Even though they were compiled out for production builds they cluttered the core code and made it harder to determine what was required by core.
Create a PostgreSQL version interface in a test harness to contain these functions. This does require some duplication but the cleaner core code seems a good tradeoff. It is possible for some of this code to be auto-generated but since it is only updated once per year the matter is not pressing.
There does not seem to be a good reason to have an explicit cast for such a small number, so remove it.
Leave PG_CONTROL_SIZE alone since it will be removed in an upcoming commit.
927d9adb changed the way CATALOG_VERSION_NO is used to identify PostgreSQL versions since PG_CONTROL_VERSION is generally bumped with each release. The goal was to make the beta/rc period less painful because any CATALOG_VERSION_NO bump renders pgBackRest inoperative.
This worked, but in fact we'd rather be stricter about which CATALOG_VERSION_NO we accept when identifying a version of PostgreSQL. It is not just about identifying a major version, but making sure the build contains all the functions and catalogs we expect to make pgBackRest work correctly. It is better to reject early dev/beta/rc builds that may not work.
Since 927d9adb was relatively recent the chance that this stricter checking will cause a problem seems minimal, so revert to checking CATALOG_VERSION_NO for every PostgreSQL version.
Leave in place the code that pulls CATALOG_VERSION_NO from pg_control rather than the internal constant since the plan is still to allow catalog versions to "float" during the PostgreSQL beta/rc phase, which will be the subject of a future commit.
This lets the compiler know that these variables are not modified which should lead to better optimization.
Smart compilers should be able to figure this out on their own, but marking parameters const is still good for documentation.
Inline functions are more efficient and if they are not used are automatically omitted from the binary.
This also makes the implementation of these functions easier to find and removes the need for a declaration. That is, the complete implementation is located in the header rather than being spread between the header and C file.
OBJECT_DEFINE_MOVE() and OBJECT_DEFINE_FREE() will be replaced with inlines so this would be the only macro left that is constructing functions.
It is not a great pattern anyway since it makes it hard to find the function implementation.
The original intention was to enclose complex code in braces but somehow braces got propagated almost everywhere.
Document the standard for braces in switch statements and update the code to reflect the standard.
There is not a lot to be done in this case since it looks like PostgreSQL disconnected while the query was running, but at least improve the error message and remove the assert, which indicates a coding error.
Previously, catalog versions were fixed for all versions which made maintaining the catalog versions during PostgreSQL beta and release candidate cycles very painful. A version of pgBackRest which was functionally compatible was rendered useless by a catalog version bump in PostgreSQL.
Instead use only the control version to identify a PostgreSQL version when possible. Some older versions require a catalog version to positively identify a PostgreSQL version, so include them when required.
Since the catalog number is required to work with tablespaces it will need to be stored. There's already a copy of it in backup.info so use that (even though we have been ignoring it in the C versions).
This file is created by pg_basebackup so might be in the data directory if the cluster was restored from a pg_basebackup backup. Also exclude backup_manifest.tmp since it is possible to find that in the backup directory.
We use the Z suffix in many functions to indicate that we are expecting a zero-terminated string so make this function conform to the pattern.
As a bonus the new name is a bit shorter, which is a good quality in a commonly-used function.
There is no need to have parallelism enabled in a backup control session. In particular, 9.6 marks pg_stop_backup() as parallel-safe but an error will be thrown if pg_stop_backup() is run in a worker.
There don't appear to be any behavioral changes since PostgreSQL 12 and all the tests pass.
Changes to the control/catalog/WAL versions in subsequent betas may break compatibility but pgBackRest will be updated with each release to keep pace.
Vendorized code is copied from another project when a library is not available and a git subproject won't work. Currently all the vendorized code is copied from PostgreSQL but it makes sense to have a more general mechanism for indicating vendorized code.
The .vendor extension will be used to denote vendorized code in the same way that .auto is used to denote auto-generated code.
It's better to start out with plural forms rather than flip back and forth as functions are added and subtracted. So, use "Constructors" instead of "Constructor".
Use "Getters/Setters" rather than "Getters" or "Setters" to avoid similar churn.
This has been the policy for some time but due to migration pressure only new functions and refactors have been following this rule. Now it seems sensible to make a clean sweep and move all the comments that have not been moved already (i.e. most of them).
Only obvious typos and gross inaccuracies in the comments have been fixed. For this most part this was a copy and paste operation.
Useless comments, e.g. "New object", were not copied. Even so, there are surely many deficient comments left.
Some rearranging was done where needed and functions were placed in the proper sections, e.g. "Constructors", "Functions", etc.
A few function prototypes were found that not longer had an implementation. These were removed, but there may be more.
The coding document has been updated to reflect this policy, which is not new but has never been documented.
These functions accepted const Buffer objects and returned non-const pointers which is definitely not a good idea. Add bufPtrConst() to handle cases where only a const return value is needed and update call sites.
Use UNCONSTIFY() in cases where library code out of our control requires a non-const pointer. This includes the already-documented exception in command/backup/pageChecksum and input buffers in the gzCompress and gzDecompress filters.
The postgres/pageChecksum module was designed as an interface to the C structs for the Perl code. The new C code can do this directly so no need for an interface.
Move the remaining test for pgPageChecksum() into the postgres/interface test module.
We were using a customized version which worked fine but was hard to merge with upstream changes. Now this code is maintained much like the types in static.auto.h that we copy and check with each release.
The goal is to eventually build directly against PostgreSQL (either source or libcommon) and this brings us one step closer.
pgPageChecksum() must modify the page header in order to calculate the checksum. The modification is temporary but make it clear that it happens by removing the const.
Also make a note about our non-entirely-kosher usage of a const Buffer in the PageChecksum filter. This is safe as currently coded but at the least we need to be aware of what is going on.
Page size is passed around a lot but in fact it can only have one value, PG_PAGE_SIZE_DEFAULT, which is checked when pg_control is loaded. There may be an argument for supporting multiple page sizes in the future but for now just use the constant to simplify the code.
There is also a significant performance benefit. Because pageSize was being used in pageChecksumBlock() the main loop was neither unrolled nor vectorized (-funroll-loops -ftree-vectorize) as it is now with a constant loop boundary.
This function made validation faster in Perl because fewer calls (and buffer transformations) were required when all checksums were valid.
In C calling pageChecksumTest() directly is just as efficient so there is no longer a need for pageChecksumBufferTest().
These data structures were copied a few places (but only once in the core code) so put them in a place where everyone can use them.
To do this create a new file, static.auto.h, to contain data types and macros that have stayed the same through all the versions of PostgreSQL that we support. This allows us to have single, non-versioned set of headers and code for stable data structures like page headers.
Migrate a few types from version.auto.h that are required for page header structures and pull the remaining types from PostgreSQL directly.
We had previously renamed xlog to wal so update those where required since we won't be modifying the PostgreSQL names anymore.
Previously memNew() used memset() to initialize all struct members to 0, NULL, false, etc. While this appears to work in practice, it is a violation of the C specification. For instance, NULL == 0 must be true but neither NULL nor 0 must be represented with all zero bits.
Instead use designated initializers to initialize structs. These guarantee that struct members will be properly initialized even if they are not specified in the initializer. Note that due to a quirk in the C99 specification at least one member must be explicitly initialized even if it needs to be the default value.
Since pre-zeroed memory is no longer required, adjust memAllocInternal()/memReallocInternal() to return raw memory and update dependent functions accordingly. All instances of memset() have been removed except in debug/test code where needed.
Add memMewPtrArray() to allocate an array of pointers and automatically set all pointers to NULL.
Rename memGrowRaw() to the more logical memResize().
This macro block encapsulates the common pattern of switching to the prior (formerly called old) mem context to return results from a function.
Also rename MEM_CONTEXT_OLD() to memContextPrior(). This violates our convention of macros being in all caps but memContextPrior() will become a function very soon so this will reduce churn.
/ takes precedence over & but the appropriate parens were not provided.
By some bad luck the tests worked either way, so add a new test that only works the correct way to prevent a regression.
Adding a dummy column which is always set by the P() macro allows a single macro to be used for parameters or no parameters without violating C's prohibition on the {} initializer.
-Wmissing-field-initializers remains disabled because it still gives wildly different results between versions of gcc.
Recovery settings are now written into postgresql.auto.conf instead of recovery.conf. Existing recovery_target* settings will be commented out to help avoid conflicts.
A comment is added before recovery settings to identify them as written by pgBackRest since it is unclear how, in general, old settings will be removed.
recovery.signal and standby.signal are automatically created based on the recovery settings.
