Re: pg_control is missing a field for LOBLKSIZE

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_control is missing a field for LOBLKSIZE
Date: 2014-06-17 19:55:02
Message-ID: 20140617195502.GJ18688@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:28:46PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > > Uh, I think pg_upgrade needs to check that they match too.
> >
> > Possibly. What do you think it should do when examining a pg_control
> > version that lacks the field?
>
> Good question. I have existing cases where fields were removed, but not
> ones that were added. As we have no way to query the old cluster's
> value for LOBLKSIZE, I think I will just add code to compare them if
> they _both_ exist.

Can't you compare it to the historic default value? I mean, add an
assumption that people thus far has never tweaked it.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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