pgsql: Dept.

From: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Dept.
Date: 2007-05-02 23:34:48
Message-ID: 20070502233448.D45429FBCD1@postgresql.org
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Log Message:
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Dept. of second thoughts: add comments cautioning against using
ReadOrZeroBuffer to fetch pages from beyond physical EOF. This would
usually work, but would cause problems for md.c if writes occurred
beyond a segment boundary when the previous segment file hadn't been
fully extended.

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer:
bufmgr.c (r1.217 -> r1.218)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c.diff?r1=1.217&r2=1.218)

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