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Custom WAL Resource Managers" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">Chapter 65. Generic WAL Records</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index-cost-estimation.html" title="64.6. Index Cost Estimation Functions">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="internals.html" title="Part VII. Internals">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Part VII. Internals</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="custom-rmgr.html" title="Chapter 66. Custom WAL Resource Managers">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" id="GENERIC-WAL"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title">Chapter 65. Generic WAL Records</h2></div></div></div><p> + Although all built-in WAL-logged modules have their own types of WAL + records, there is also a generic WAL record type, which describes changes + to pages in a generic way. This is useful for extensions that provide + custom access methods. + </p><p> + In comparison with <a class="link" href="custom-rmgr.html" title="Chapter 66. Custom WAL Resource Managers">Custom WAL Resource + Managers</a>, Generic WAL is simpler for an extension to implement and + does not require the extension library to be loaded in order to apply the + records. + </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> + Generic WAL records are ignored during <a class="link" href="logicaldecoding.html" title="Chapter 49. Logical Decoding">Logical Decoding</a>. If logical decoding is + required for your extension, consider a Custom WAL Resource Manager. + </p></div><p> + The API for constructing generic WAL records is defined in + <code class="filename">access/generic_xlog.h</code> and implemented + in <code class="filename">access/transam/generic_xlog.c</code>. + </p><p> + To perform a WAL-logged data update using the generic WAL record + facility, follow these steps: + + </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p> + <code class="function">state = GenericXLogStart(relation)</code> — start + construction of a generic WAL record for the given relation. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + <code class="function">page = GenericXLogRegisterBuffer(state, buffer, flags)</code> + — register a buffer to be modified within the current generic WAL + record. This function returns a pointer to a temporary copy of the + buffer's page, where modifications should be made. (Do not modify the + buffer's contents directly.) The third argument is a bit mask of flags + applicable to the operation. Currently the only such flag is + <code class="literal">GENERIC_XLOG_FULL_IMAGE</code>, which indicates that a full-page + image rather than a delta update should be included in the WAL record. + Typically this flag would be set if the page is new or has been + rewritten completely. + <code class="function">GenericXLogRegisterBuffer</code> can be repeated if the + WAL-logged action needs to modify multiple pages. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Apply modifications to the page images obtained in the previous step. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + <code class="function">GenericXLogFinish(state)</code> — apply the changes to + the buffers and emit the generic WAL record. + </p></li></ol></div><p> + </p><p> + WAL record construction can be canceled between any of the above steps by + calling <code class="function">GenericXLogAbort(state)</code>. This will discard all + changes to the page image copies. + </p><p> + Please note the following points when using the generic WAL record + facility: + + </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> + No direct modifications of buffers are allowed! All modifications must + be done in copies acquired from <code class="function">GenericXLogRegisterBuffer()</code>. + In other words, code that makes generic WAL records should never call + <code class="function">BufferGetPage()</code> for itself. However, it remains the + caller's responsibility to pin/unpin and lock/unlock the buffers at + appropriate times. Exclusive lock must be held on each target buffer + from before <code class="function">GenericXLogRegisterBuffer()</code> until after + <code class="function">GenericXLogFinish()</code>. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Registrations of buffers (step 2) and modifications of page images + (step 3) can be mixed freely, i.e., both steps may be repeated in any + sequence. Keep in mind that buffers should be registered in the same + order in which locks are to be obtained on them during replay. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + The maximum number of buffers that can be registered for a generic WAL + record is <code class="literal">MAX_GENERIC_XLOG_PAGES</code>. An error will be thrown + if this limit is exceeded. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Generic WAL assumes that the pages to be modified have standard + layout, and in particular that there is no useful data between + <code class="structfield">pd_lower</code> and <code class="structfield">pd_upper</code>. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Since you are modifying copies of buffer + pages, <code class="function">GenericXLogStart()</code> does not start a critical + section. Thus, you can safely do memory allocation, error throwing, + etc. between <code class="function">GenericXLogStart()</code> and + <code class="function">GenericXLogFinish()</code>. The only actual critical section is + present inside <code class="function">GenericXLogFinish()</code>. There is no need to + worry about calling <code class="function">GenericXLogAbort()</code> during an error + exit, either. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + <code class="function">GenericXLogFinish()</code> takes care of marking buffers dirty + and setting their LSNs. You do not need to do this explicitly. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + For unlogged relations, everything works the same except that no + actual WAL record is emitted. Thus, you typically do not need to do + any explicit checks for unlogged relations. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + The generic WAL redo function will acquire exclusive locks to buffers + in the same order as they were registered. After redoing all changes, + the locks will be released in the same order. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + If <code class="literal">GENERIC_XLOG_FULL_IMAGE</code> is not specified for a + registered buffer, the generic WAL record contains a delta between + the old and the new page images. This delta is based on byte-by-byte + comparison. This is not very compact for the case of moving data + within a page, and might be improved in the future. + </p></li></ul></div><p> + </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index-cost-estimation.html" title="64.6. Index Cost Estimation Functions">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="internals.html" title="Part VII. Internals">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="custom-rmgr.html" title="Chapter 66. Custom WAL Resource Managers">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">64.6. Index Cost Estimation Functions </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 66. Custom WAL Resource Managers</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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