> * sergepetrenko <
sergepetrenko@tarantool.org> [20/02/13 09:34]:
> > Fix replicaset.applier.vclock initialization issues: it wasn't
> > initialized at all previously.
>
> In the next line you say that you remove the initialization. What
> do you mean here?
>
> > Moreover, there is no valid point in code
> > to initialize it, since it may get stale right away if new entries are
> > written to WAL.
>
> Well, it reflects the state of the wal *as seen by* the set of
> appliers. This is stated in the comment. So it doesn't have to
> reflect local changes.
>
> > So, check for both applier and replicaset vclocks.
> > The greater one protects the instance from applying the rows it has
> > already applied or has already scheduled to write.
> > Also remove an unnecessary aplier vclock initialization from
> > replication_init().
>
> First of all, the race you describe applies to
> local changes only. Yet you add the check for all replica ids.
> This further obliterates this piece of code.
>
> Second, the core of the issue is a "hole" in vclock protection
> enforced by latch_lock/latch_unlock. Basically the assumption that
> latch_lock/latch_unlock has is that while a latch is locked, no
> source can apply a transaction under this replica id. This, is
> violated by the local WAL.
>
> We used to skip all changes by local vclock id before in applier.
>
> Later it was changed to be able to get-your-own logs on recovery,
> e.g. if some replica has them , and the local node lost a piece of
> wal.
>
> It will take me a while to find this commit and ticket, but this
> is the commit and ticket which introduced the regression.
>
> The proper fix is to only apply local changes received from
> remotes in orphan mode, and begin skipping them when entering
> read-write mode.
>
> > Closes #4739
> > ---
> > src/box/applier.cc | 14 ++++++++++++--
> > src/box/replication.cc | 1 -
> > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/box/applier.cc b/src/box/applier.cc
> > index ae3d281a5..acb26b7e2 100644
> > --- a/src/box/applier.cc
> > +++ b/src/box/applier.cc
> > @@ -731,8 +731,18 @@ applier_apply_tx(struct stailq *rows)
> > struct latch *latch = (replica ? &replica->order_latch :
> > &replicaset.applier.order_latch);
> > latch_lock(latch);
> > - if (vclock_get(&replicaset.applier.vclock,
> > - first_row->replica_id) >= first_row->lsn) {
> > + /*
> > + * We cannot tell which vclock is greater. There is no
> > + * proper place to initialize applier vclock, since it
> > + * may get stale right away if we write something to WAL
> > + * and it gets replicated and then arrives back from the
> > + * replica. So check against both vclocks. Replicaset
> > + * vclock will guard us from corner cases like the one
> > + * above.
> > + */
> > + if (MAX(vclock_get(&replicaset.applier.vclock, first_row->replica_id),
> > + vclock_get(&replicaset.vclock, first_row->replica_id)) >=
> > + first_row->lsn) {
> > latch_unlock(latch);
> > return 0;
> > }
> > diff --git a/src/box/replication.cc b/src/box/replication.cc
> > index e7bfa22ab..7b04573a4 100644
> > --- a/src/box/replication.cc
> > +++ b/src/box/replication.cc
> > @@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ replication_init(void)
> > latch_create(&replicaset.applier.order_latch);
> >
> > vclock_create(&replicaset.applier.vclock);
> > - vclock_copy(&replicaset.applier.vclock, &replicaset.vclock);
> > rlist_create(&replicaset.applier.on_rollback);
> > rlist_create(&replicaset.applier.on_commit);
> >
> > --
> > 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)
>
> --
> Konstantin Osipov, Moscow, Russia