Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Properly access a buffer's LSN using existing access macros

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Properly access a buffer's LSN using existing access macros
Date: 2008-10-20 21:23:22
Message-ID: 20081020212322.GG4116@alvh.no-ip.org
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Properly access a buffer's LSN using existing access macros instead of abusing
> knowledge of page layout.

Hmm, I just noticed this comment in bufpage.h (which was also in Jonah's
patch) :-(

typedef struct PageHeaderData
{
/* XXX LSN is member of *any* block, not only page-organized ones */
...

So I'm now wondering if the above patch is really correct. It'll of
course work, but is it appropriate?

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