Re: pgsql: Ensure that XLOG_HEAP2_VISIBLE always targets an initialized pag

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Ensure that XLOG_HEAP2_VISIBLE always targets an initialized pag
Date: 2013-11-18 21:40:54
Message-ID: 20131118214054.GD26763@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2013-11-18 16:33:25 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:51:06PM +0100, Andres Freund wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 2013-06-06 14:22:12 +0000, Robert Haas wrote:
> > > Ensure that XLOG_HEAP2_VISIBLE always targets an initialized page.
> >
> > This didn't make it to the release notes for 9.2.5. Since there have
> > been several people asking for it since, can we maybe add it
> > retroactively?
>
> OK, what text would I use? This?
>
> * Prevent unitialized heap pages from causing standby replay
> failures

Maybe:

* Prevent errors in WAL replay due to references to unitilizated empty
pages in vacuum.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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