Re: BUG #4879: bgwriter fails to fsync the file in recovery mode

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4879: bgwriter fails to fsync the file in recovery mode
Date: 2009-06-25 20:00:44
Message-ID: 28197.1245960044@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-bugs

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Actually, what in the world is the purpose of that code at all?

> Huh? The only other place where we advance minimum recovery point is
> CreateRestartPoint() when we skip the restartpoint. The
> UpdateMinRecoveryPoint() call in XLogFlush() is what we rely on.

I would like an explanation of why minimum recovery point needs to
be advanced at all. If there's any use for it, it is surely part
of functionality that is not there in 8.4.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-bugs by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Heikki Linnakangas 2009-06-25 20:15:50 Re: BUG #4879: bgwriter fails to fsync the file in recovery mode
Previous Message Heikki Linnakangas 2009-06-25 19:57:09 Re: BUG #4879: bgwriter fails to fsync the file in recovery mode