| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Antonin Houska <ah(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Sasasu <i(at)sasa(dot)su> |
| Subject: | Re: storing an explicit nonce |
| Date: | 2021-10-07 16:56:22 |
| Message-ID: | 20211007165622.GF5475@momjian.us |
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On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 12:32:16PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 12:26 PM Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> > We rely on it today, e.g. for the control file.
>
> I think that's the only place, though. We can't rely on it for data
> files because base backups don't go through shared buffers, so reads
> and writes can get torn in memory and not just on sector boundaries.
Uh, do backups get torn and later used?
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