Reserve replication slots specifically for REPACK

Add a new GUC max_repack_replication_slots, which lets the user reserve
some additional replication slots for concurrent repack (and only
concurrent repack).  With this, the user doesn't have to worry about
changing the max_replication_slots in order to cater for use of
concurrent repack.

(We still use the same pool of bgworkers though, but that's less
commonly a problem than slots.)

Author: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Reviewed-by: Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/202604012148.nnnmyxxrr6nh@alvherre.pgsql

doc/src/sgml/config.sgml

@@ -4639,6 +4639,21 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"'  # Windows
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="guc-max-repack-replication-slots" xreflabel="max_repack_replication_slots">
+       <term><varname>max_repack_replication_slots</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+       <indexterm>
+        <primary><varname>max_repack_replication_slots</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+       </indexterm>
+       </term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+         Specifies the maximum number of replication slots for use of
+         the <command>REPACK</command> command.  The default is 5.
+         This parameter can only be set at server start.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="guc-max-replication-slots" xreflabel="max_replication_slots">
        <term><varname>max_replication_slots</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
        <indexterm>

doc/src/sgml/ref/repack.sgml

@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ REPACK [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> [, ...] ) ] USING
 
        <listitem>
         <para>
-         The <link linkend="guc-max-replication-slots"><varname>max_replication_slots</varname></link>
-         configuration parameter does not allow for creation of an additional
-         replication slot.
+         The <link linkend="guc-max-repack-replication-slots"><varname>max_repack_replication_slots</varname></link>
+         configuration parameter does not allow for the creation of an
+         additional replication slot.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>

src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c

@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * Make sure we can use logical decoding.
 	 */
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(true);
 
 	/*
 	 * A single backend should not execute multiple REPACK commands at a time,
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(REPL_PLUGIN_NAME,
 									NIL,
 									true,
+									true,
 									InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,

src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c

@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }

src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c

@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void LoadOutputPlugin(OutputPluginCallbacks *callbacks, const char *plugi
  * decoding.
  */
 void
-CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void)
+CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack)
 {
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(repack);
 
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
  * output_plugin_options -- contains options passed to the output plugin
  * need_full_snapshot -- if true, must obtain a snapshot able to read all
  *		tables; if false, one that can read only catalogs is acceptable.
+ * for_repack -- if true, we're going to be decoding for REPACK.
  * restart_lsn -- if given as invalid, it's this routine's responsibility to
  *		mark WAL as reserved by setting a convenient restart_lsn for the slot.
  *		Otherwise, we set for decoding to start from the given LSN without
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ LogicalDecodingContext *
 CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 						  List *output_plugin_options,
 						  bool need_full_snapshot,
+						  bool for_repack,
 						  XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 						  XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 						  LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 	 * On a standby, this check is also required while creating the slot.
 	 * Check the comments in the function.
 	 */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(for_repack);
 
 	/* shorter lines... */
 	slot = MyReplicationSlot;

src/backend/replication/logical/logicalfuncs.c

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool confirm, bool bin
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		ereport(ERROR,

src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1707,7 +1708,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 

src/backend/replication/slot.c

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 5;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -199,12 +201,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemRequest(void *arg)
 {
 	Size		size;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots,
+							 sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 	ShmemRequestStruct(.name = "ReplicationSlot Ctl",
 					   .size = size,
 					   .ptr = (void **) &ReplicationSlotCtl,
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemRequest(void *arg)
 static void
 ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void *arg)
 {
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -366,6 +369,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -373,10 +377,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -425,12 +430,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = !repack ? 0 : max_replication_slots;
+	endpoint = max_replication_slots + (repack ? max_repack_replication_slots : 0);
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -438,7 +447,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -448,7 +459,8 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_CONFIGURATION_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 				 errmsg("all replication slots are in use"),
-				 errhint("Free one or increase \"max_replication_slots\".")));
+				 errhint("Free one or increase \"%s\".",
+						 repack ? "max_repack_replication_slots" : "max_replication_slots")));
 
 	/*
 	 * Since this slot is not in use, nobody should be looking at any part of
@@ -541,7 +553,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -569,7 +581,8 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots +
+		   (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots));
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -863,7 +876,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1245,7 +1258,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1300,7 +1313,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1367,12 +1380,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1447,11 +1460,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1508,13 +1521,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1611,11 +1624,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1649,17 +1662,24 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
  * slots.
  */
 void
-CheckSlotRequirements(void)
+CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack)
 {
 	/*
 	 * NB: Adding a new requirement likely means that RestoreSlotFromDisk()
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (!repack && max_replication_slots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   "max_replication_slots"));
+
+	if (repack && max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				errmsg("REPACK can only be used if \"%s\" > 0",
+					   "max_repack_replication_slots"));
 
 	if (wal_level < WAL_LEVEL_REPLICA)
 		ereport(ERROR,
@@ -2210,7 +2230,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (max_replication_slots == 0 && max_repack_replication_slots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2218,7 +2238,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2323,7 +2343,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2424,7 +2444,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2853,7 +2873,13 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 						NameStr(cp.slotdata.name)),
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
-	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
+	/*
+	 * Nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything.  Note we iterate up to
+	 * max_replication_slots instead of adding max_repack_replication_slots as
+	 * in all other places, because we must enforce the GUC value in case
+	 * there were more slots before the shutdown than what it is set up to
+	 * now.
+	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;

src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pg_create_physical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	create_physical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									 immediately_reserve,
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(plugin, NIL,
 									false,	/* just catalogs is OK */
+									false,	/* not repack */
 									restart_lsn,
 									XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = read_local_xlog_page,
 											   .segment_open = wal_segment_open,
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pg_create_logical_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	create_logical_replication_slot(NameStr(*name),
 									NameStr(*plugin),
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pg_drop_replication_slot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
-	CheckSlotRequirements();
+	CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	ReplicationSlotDrop(NameStr(*name), true);
 
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -648,9 +649,9 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	CheckSlotPermissions();
 
 	if (logical_slot)
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 	else
-		CheckSlotRequirements();
+		CheckSlotRequirements(false);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 

src/backend/replication/walsender.c

@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 
 		Assert(cmd->kind == REPLICATION_KIND_LOGICAL);
 
-		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+		CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Initially create persistent slot as ephemeral - that allows us to
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		Assert(IsLogicalDecodingEnabled());
 
 		ctx = CreateInitDecodingContext(cmd->plugin, NIL, need_full_snapshot,
+										false,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr,
 										XL_ROUTINE(.page_read = logical_read_xlog_page,
 												   .segment_open = WalSndSegmentOpen,
@@ -1487,7 +1488,7 @@ StartLogicalReplication(StartReplicationCmd *cmd)
 	QueryCompletion qc;
 
 	/* make sure that our requirements are still fulfilled */
-	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements();
+	CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(false);
 
 	Assert(!MyReplicationSlot);
 

src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat

@@ -2079,6 +2079,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '5',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',

src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample

@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 5 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables

src/include/replication/logical.h

@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ typedef struct LogicalDecodingContext
 } LogicalDecodingContext;
 
 
-extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckLogicalDecodingRequirements(bool repack);
 
 extern LogicalDecodingContext *CreateInitDecodingContext(const char *plugin,
 														 List *output_plugin_options,
 														 bool need_full_snapshot,
+														 bool for_repack,
 														 XLogRecPtr restart_lsn,
 														 XLogReaderRoutine *xl_routine,
 														 LogicalOutputPluginWriterPrepareWrite prepare_write,

src/include/replication/slot.h

@@ -324,13 +324,14 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotDropAtPubNode(WalReceiverConn *wrconn, char *slotname
 extern void StartupReplicationSlots(void);
 extern void CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown);
 
-extern void CheckSlotRequirements(void);
+extern void CheckSlotRequirements(bool repack);
 extern void CheckSlotPermissions(void);
 extern ReplicationSlotInvalidationCause
 			GetSlotInvalidationCause(const char *cause_name);