Re: Missing FIN_CRC32 calls in logical replication code

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Missing FIN_CRC32 calls in logical replication code
Date: 2014-10-27 11:58:14
Message-ID: 20141027115814.GA27636@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2014-10-27 12:51:44 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> replication/slot.c and replication/logical/snapbuild.c use a CRC on the
> physical slot and snapshot files. It uses the same algorithm as used e.g.
> for the WAL. However, they are not doing the finalization step, FIN_CRC32()
> on the calculated checksums. Not that it matters much, but it's a bit weird
> and inconsistent, and was probably an oversight.

Hm. Good catch - that's stupid. I wonder what to do about it. I'm
tempted to just add a comment about it to 9.4 and fix it on master as
changing it is essentially a catversion bump. Any objections to that?

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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