This implementation duplicates the functionality of the Perl code but does so with different logic and includes full unit tests.
Along the way at least one bug was fixed, see issue #748.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
The C code is designed to be efficient rather than deterministic at the debug log level. As we move more testing from integration to unit tests it makes less sense to try and maintain the expect logs at this log level.
Most of the expect logs have already been moved to detail level but mock/all still had tests at debug level. Change the logging defaults in the config file and remove as many references to log-level-console as possible.
The new name is preferred because pgBackRest does not support any SSL protocol versions (they are all considered to be insecure).
The old name will continue to be accepted.
This condition was not being properly checked for in the C code and it caused problems in the info command, at the very least.
Instead of applying a local fix, introduce a new path option type that will rigorously check the format of any incoming paths.
Reported by Marc Cousin.
Add the buffer-size, compress-level, compress-level-network, and process-max options to the backup:option section in backup.manifest to aid in debugging.
It may also make sense to propagate these options up to backup.info so they can be displayed in the info command, but for now this is deemed sufficient.
Contributed by blogh.
The same test configurations are run on all four test VMs, which seems a real waste of resources.
Vary the tests per VM to increase coverage while reducing the total number of tests. Be sure to include each major feature (remote, s3, encryption) in each VM at least once.
Replace the repository path with just "the repository". The path is not important in this context and it is clearer to state where the stanzas are missing from.
There are a number of cases where a checksum delta is more appropriate than the default time-based delta:
* Timeline has switched since the prior backup
* File timestamp is older than recorded in the prior backup
* File size changed but timestamp did not
* File timestamp is in the future compared to the start of the backup
* Online option has changed since the prior backup
A practical example is that checksum delta will be enabled after a failover to standby due to the timeline switch. In this case, timestamps can't be trusted and our recommendation has been to run a full backup, which can impact the retention schedule and requires manual intervention.
Now, a checksum delta will be performed if the backup type is incr/diff. This means more CPU will be used during the backup but the backup size will be smaller and the retention schedule will not be impacted.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
PostgreSQL 11 introduces configurable WAL segment sizes, from 1MB to 1GB.
There are two areas that needed to be updated to support this: building the archive-get queue and checking that WAL has been archived after a backup. Both operations require the WAL segment size to properly build a list.
Checking the archive after a backup is still implemented in Perl and has an active database connection, so just get the WAL segment size from the database.
The archive-get command does not have a connection to the database, so get the WAL segment size from pg_control instead. This requires a deeper inspection of pg_control than has been done in the past, so it seemed best to copy the relevant data structures from each version of PostgreSQL and build a generic interface layer to address them. While this approach is a bit verbose, it has the advantage of being relatively simple, and can easily be updated for new versions of PostgreSQL.
Since the integration tests generate pg_control files for testing, teach Perl how to generate files with the correct offsets for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
Use checksums rather than timestamps to determine if files have changed. This is useful in cases where the timestamps may not be trustworthy, e.g. when performing an incremental after failing over to a standby.
If checksum delta is enabled then checksums will be used for verification of resumed backups, even if they are full. Resumes have always used checksums to verify the files in the repository, enabling delta performs checksums on the database files as well.
Note that the user must manually enable this feature in cases were it would be useful or just keep in enabled all the time. A future commit will address automatically enabling the feature in cases where it seems likely to be useful.
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
% characters caused issues in backup/restore due to filenames being appended directly into a format string.
Reserved XML characters (<>&') caused issues in the S3 driver due to improper escaping.
Add a file with all common special characters to regression testing.
Previously an error would be generated if other files were present and not owned by the PostgreSQL user. This hasn't been a big deal in practice but it could cause issues.
Also add tests to make sure the same logic applies with links to files, i.e. all other files in the directory should be ignored. This was actually working correctly, but there were no tests for it before.
The log-subprocess feature added in 22765670 failed to take into account the naming for remote processes spawned by local processes. Not only was the local command used for the naming of log files but the process id was not pass through. This meant every remote log was named "[stanza]-local-remote-000" which is confusing and meant multiple processes were writing to the same log.
Instead, pass the real command and process id to the remote. This required a minor change in locking to ignore locks if process id is greater than 0 since remotes started by locals never lock.
Relative link paths were being combined with the paths of previous links (relative or absolute) due to the $strPath variable being modified in the current iteration rather than simply being passed to the next level of recursion.
This issue did not affect absolute links and relative tablespace links were caught by other checks, though the error was confusing.
Reported by Cynthia Shang.
A regression in v0.82 removed the timestamp comparison when deciding which files from the aborted backup to keep on resume. All resumed backups should be considered inconsistent. A resumed backup can be identified by checking the log for the message "aborted backup of same type exists, will be cleaned to remove invalid files and resumed".
Reported by David Youatt, Yogesh Sharma, Stephen Frost.
Low-level functions only include stack trace in test builds while higher-level functions ship with stack trace built-in. Stack traces include all parameters passed to the function but production builds only create the parameter list when the log level is set high enough, i.e. debug or trace depending on the function.
The Perl process was exiting directly when called but that interfered with proper locking for the forked async process. Now Perl returns results to the C process which handles all errors, including signals.
Now only two types of locks can be taken: archive and backup. Most commands use one or the other but the stanza-* commands acquire both locks. This provides better protection than the old command-based locking scheme.
Scanning the entire backup directory can be very expensive if there are a lot of small tables. The backup manifest contains the backup directory list so use it to perform syncs instead of scanning the backup directory.
Move command begin to C except when it must be called after another command in Perl (e.g. expire after backup). Command begin logs correctly for complex data types like hash and list. Specify which commands will log to file immediately and set the default log level for log messages that are common to all commands. File logging is initiated from C.
* Remove --reset tags from v1 options.
* Use constants for repo prefix.
* Specify CFGDEF_INDEX_PG in option structure rather than adding in code.
* Fix error message references to "backup host".
Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
This allows specific options in pgbackrest.conf to be ignored (and set to default) which reduces the need to write new configuration files for specific needs.
Note that boolean, non-command-line options are already negatable.
When a backup host is present, backups should only be allowed on the backup host and restores should only be allowed on the database host unless an alternate configuration is created that ignores the remote host.
Reported by Lardière Sébastien.
The existing static files would not work with 32-bit or big-endian systems so create functions to generate these files dynamically rather than creating a bunch of new static files.
Previously, functions with sensitive options had to be logged at trace level to avoid exposing them. Trace level logging may still expose secrets so use with caution.
