| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_stop_backup wait bug fix |
| Date: | 2008-11-08 10:22:09 |
| Message-ID: | 1226139729.27904.211.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant |
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On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 18:32 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > Minor bug fix for pg_stop_backup() to prevent it waiting longer than
> > necessary in certain circumstances.
>
> As far as I can tell, this patch needs to be applied to HEAD, 8.3 and
> 8.2 (when xlog switch was implemented), and in fact it applies cleanly
> to them. Please confirm.
There are other patches that we should consider along with this one.
This particular patch only has meaning when applied with the changes to
pg_stop_backup() earlier in 8.4dev cycle. It isn't a bug in xlog switch,
it is a bug in how the new waiting code interprets the return value from
xlog switch.
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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
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