fix: persist replication state for replica PSYNC after restart - #4451
fix: persist replication state for replica PSYNC after restart#4451waterWang wants to merge 4 commits into
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAOF loading now carries RDB replication metadata through base and incremental files. Startup uses that metadata to restore replica or primary replication state, including replication IDs, offsets, cached primary data, database selection, and backlog handling. ChangesAOF replication state restoration
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change preserves replication state across restart, but an unknown replication stream database is restored as DB 0; a resumed stream from another database could therefore write data into the wrong database. Merge should wait for this correctness risk to be fixed and covered by restart/PSYNC validation. Possibly related PRs
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| void aofRemoveTempFile(pid_t childpid, int from_signal); | ||
| int rewriteAppendOnlyFileBackground(void); | ||
| int loadAppendOnlyFiles(aofManifest *am); | ||
| int loadAppendOnlyFiles(aofManifest *am, rdbSaveInfo *rsi); |
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This signature change leaves debugCommand's DEBUG LOADAOF call at src/debug.c:633 passing only the manifest. make valkey-server fails with “too few arguments to function ‘loadAppendOnlyFiles’”. Update that caller as well; it should pass NULL so DEBUG LOADAOF does not restore replication info (matching its existing rdbLoad(..., NULL, ...) behavior).
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In `@src/rdb.c`:
- Around line 4293-4300: Update the RDB replication-info path around the
server.primary_host fallback so it never substitutes DB 0 for an unknown
repl_stream_db. Persist the last known primary stream database independently of
transient primary clients, restore that value into rsi->repl_stream_db when
available, and return NULL when unavailable so startup performs a full
synchronization.
In `@src/server.c`:
- Around line 7336-7374: Add a Tcl integration test under tests/ covering
AOF-backed replica restart and PSYNC: write data in a nonzero selected database,
remove active and cached primary state, restart the replica, verify partial
resynchronization succeeds without a full sync, and confirm subsequent writes
remain in that database.
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| /* If the instance is a replica but has no active primary connection | ||
| * and no cached primary (e.g., during a clean shutdown where the | ||
| * primary client was freed before the RDB save), we can still save | ||
| * the replication info using the server's current state. This allows | ||
| * a restarted replica to attempt partial resynchronization. */ | ||
| if (server.primary_host) { | ||
| rsi->repl_stream_db = 0; /* Safe default, SELECT will be sent */ | ||
| return rsi; |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Do not replace an unknown replication-stream DB with DB 0.
repl_stream_db must match the DB selected in the primary replication stream. Line 4299 sets it to 0 when the active and cached primary clients are absent.
If the saved offset follows commands in another DB, startup restores server.cached_primary in DB 0. A partial resynchronization can then apply a later command before any SELECT command arrives. The replica will write that command to the wrong DB.
Persist the last known primary stream DB outside the transient client. If that value is unavailable, return NULL and use full synchronization.
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In `@src/rdb.c` around lines 4293 - 4300, Update the RDB replication-info path
around the server.primary_host fallback so it never substitutes DB 0 for an
unknown repl_stream_db. Persist the last known primary stream database
independently of transient primary clients, restore that value into
rsi->repl_stream_db when available, and return NULL when unavailable so startup
performs a full synchronization.
| rdbSaveInfo rsi = RDB_SAVE_INFO_INIT; | ||
| int rsi_is_valid = 0; | ||
| int ret = loadAppendOnlyFiles(server.aof_manifest, &rsi); | ||
| if (ret == AOF_FAILED || ret == AOF_OPEN_ERR) exit(1); | ||
| if (ret != AOF_NOT_EXIST) | ||
| if (ret != AOF_NOT_EXIST) { | ||
| serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "DB loaded from append only file: %.3f seconds", (float)(ustime() - start) / 1000000); | ||
| /* Restore the replication ID / offset from the AOF file's RDB preamble. */ | ||
| if (rsi.repl_id_is_set && rsi.repl_offset != -1 && | ||
| rsi.repl_stream_db != -1) { | ||
| rsi_is_valid = 1; | ||
| if (!iAmPrimary()) { | ||
| memcpy(server.replid, rsi.repl_id, sizeof(server.replid)); | ||
| server.primary_repl_offset = rsi.repl_offset; | ||
| /* If this is a replica, create a cached primary from this | ||
| * information, in order to allow partial resynchronizations | ||
| * with primaries. */ | ||
| replicationCachePrimaryUsingMyself(); | ||
| selectDb(server.cached_primary, rsi.repl_stream_db); | ||
| } else { | ||
| /* If this is a primary, we can save the replication info | ||
| * as secondary ID and offset, in order to allow replicas | ||
| * to partial resynchronizations with primaries. */ | ||
| memcpy(server.replid2, rsi.repl_id, sizeof(server.replid)); | ||
| server.second_replid_offset = rsi.repl_offset + 1; | ||
| /* Rebase primary_repl_offset from rsi.repl_offset. */ | ||
| server.primary_repl_offset += rsi.repl_offset; | ||
| serverAssert(server.repl_backlog); | ||
| server.repl_backlog->offset = server.primary_repl_offset - server.repl_backlog->histlen + 1; | ||
| rebaseReplicationBuffer(rsi.repl_offset); | ||
| server.repl_no_replicas_since = time(NULL); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| /* We always create replication backlog if server is a primary, we need | ||
| * it because we put DELs in it when loading expired keys in RDB, but | ||
| * if AOF doesn't have replication info or there is no AOF, it is not | ||
| * possible to support partial resynchronization, to avoid extra memory | ||
| * of replication backlog, we drop it. */ | ||
| if (!rsi_is_valid && server.repl_backlog) freeReplicationBacklog(); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Add an AOF restart and PSYNC integration test.
Add a Tcl integration test under tests/. Start an AOF-backed replica, replicate writes in a nonzero DB, remove the active and cached primary state, restart the replica, and verify that PSYNC succeeds without a full synchronization. Verify that post-restart writes remain in the selected DB.
As per coding guidelines, **/*: “Code changes should include relevant tests when the repository has a matching test location” and “Place end-to-end behavior tests in tests/ as Tcl integration tests.”
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In `@src/server.c` around lines 7336 - 7374, Add a Tcl integration test under
tests/ covering AOF-backed replica restart and PSYNC: write data in a nonzero
selected database, remove active and cached primary state, restart the replica,
verify partial resynchronization succeeds without a full sync, and confirm
subsequent writes remain in that database.
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Description
When a Valkey replica restarts (e.g., after a pod restart in Kubernetes), it performs a full resynchronization with the primary instead of attempting a partial resync (PSYNC). This is inefficient and causes unnecessary data transfer.
Root Cause
When a Valkey replica shuts down and restarts, the
cached_primaryclient object is NULL because:cached_primaryis an in-memory client object that's not persisted across restartsrdbPopulateSaveInfo()inrdb.creturns NULL when bothserver.primaryandserver.cached_primaryare NULL during shutdown, causing the RDB/AOF base file to be saved without replication info (repl-id, repl-offset)loadSingleAppendOnlyFile()inaof.ccallsrdbLoadRio()with NULL for therdbSaveInfoparameter, so even though the RDB preamble in the base AOF file contains replication info, the info is discarded during loadingloadDataFromDisk()inserver.conly restores replication state in the RDB path, not in the AOF pathChanges
src/rdb.c—rdbPopulateSaveInfo()Added a fallback after the
cached_primarycheck. When the server is a replica (server.primary_hostis set) but neitherserver.primarynorserver.cached_primaryis available, still save the replication info using the server's current state (server.replidandserver.primary_repl_offset). This allows a restarted replica to attempt partial resynchronization.src/aof.c—loadSingleAppendOnlyFile()andloadAppendOnlyFiles()loadSingleAppendOnlyFile()to accept ardbSaveInfo *rsiparameter and pass it tordbLoadRio()instead of NULLloadAppendOnlyFiles()to accept ardbSaveInfo *rsiparameter and pass it through toloadSingleAppendOnlyFile()src/server.c—loadDataFromDisk()After loading AOF, if the server is a replica, restore the replication state from the captured
rdbSaveInfo(same pattern already used for the RDB path).src/server.hUpdated declaration of
loadAppendOnlyFiles()to include the newrdbSaveInfo *rsiparameter.Testing
Fixes #4412