Re: Bug in new buffer freelist code

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bug in new buffer freelist code
Date: 2004-01-07 19:36:08
Message-ID: 20800.1073504168@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> It might be a good idea to rename BM_FREE to something else, perhaps
>> BM_UNPINNED, since I can recall being confused about what it meant
>> too.

> If all it indicates is refcount == 0, ISTM we can just get rid of it
> altogether, and just check the shared refcount directly.

Good point.

regards, tom lane

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