On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 12:35 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
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> Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> writes:
> > This patch replaces the global "wrconn" in AlterSubscription_refresh with a local variable of the same name, making
itconsistent with other functions in subscriptioncmds.c (e.g. DropSubscription).
> > The global wrconn is only meant to be used for logical apply/tablesync worker.
> > Using the global/incorrect wrconn in AlterSubscription_refresh doesn't normally cause any problems, but harm is
stillposslble if the apply worker ever manages to do a subscription refresh. e.g. see [1]
>
> Hm. I would actually place the blame for this on whoever thought
> it was okay to name a global variable something as generic as
> "wrconn". Let's rename that while we're at it, say to something
> like "tablesync_wrconn" (feel free to bikeshed).
PSA v3 of the patch. Same as before, but now also renames the global
variable from "wrconn" to "lrep_worker_wrconn".
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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith
Fujitsu Australia