fti.py wants to lock all replication sets

postgres@wildcherry:~/launchpad/database/schema$ ./fti.py

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2009-09-23 23:06:20 INFO Executing generated SQL using slonik
/tmp/slonikpX2jNU.sk:32: PGRES_FATAL_ERROR select "_sl".ddlScript_prepare(1, -1); - ERROR: deadlock detected
DETAIL: Process 19773 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 876869 of database 876387; blocked by process 10280.
Process 10280 waits for AccessShareLock on relation 876880 of database 876387; blocked by process 19773.
CONTEXT: SQL statement "lock table "public"."account" in access exclusive mode"
PL/pgSQL function "altertablerestore" line 47 at EXECUTE statement
SQL statement "SELECT "_sl".alterTableRestore(tab_id) from "_sl".sl_table where tab_set in (select set_id from "_sl".sl_set where set_origin = "_sl".getLocalNodeId('_sl'))"
PL/pgSQL function "ddlscript_prepare" line 34 at PERFORM
2009-09-23 23:06:29 ERROR slonik script failed

"""In Slony-I version 1.0, this would only lock the tables in the specified replication set. As of 1.1, all replicated tables are locked (e.g. - triggers are removed at the start, and restored at the end). This deals with the risk that one might request DDL changes on tables in multiple replication sets."""

So this is unfortunately expected behavior and throws a spanner into our upgrade procedures.

I believe this behavior stops being a problem if we move the master for the auth replication set to a dedicated server that does not have a replica of the lpmain replication set.

In this setup, the authdb tables will get locked on the Launchpad databases (launchpad_prod*). They will not be locked on the standalone database used for read only mode, as it is stand alone. They will not be locked on the authdb replication set master as there is no lpmain replica there.

On October 7, 2009, Stuart Bishop wrote:
> I believe this behavior stops being a problem if we move the master for
> the auth replication set to a dedicated server that does not have a
> replica of the lpmain replication set.
>
> In this setup, the authdb tables will get locked on the Launchpad
> databases (launchpad_prod*). They will not be locked on the standalone
> database used for read only mode, as it is stand alone. They will not be
> locked on the authdb replication set master as there is no lpmain
> replica there.
>

The plan was to still have a replica of the lpmain replication set on the auth
master DB. Otherwise, we'll need to set-up another separate launchpad replica
for the ShipIt/OpenID servers.

--
Francis J. Lacoste
<email address hidden>

The current situation seems to behaving 'good enough' until the launchpad/auth split is finished early next year.