Btree index left link changed unexpectedly after bringing up 8.3.11 warm standby

From: Mark Kirkwood <mark(dot)kirkwood(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Btree index left link changed unexpectedly after bringing up 8.3.11 warm standby
Date: 2010-10-28 05:20:56
Message-ID: 4CC90838.2000409@catalyst.net.nz
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I'm seeing this on a Pitrtools managed warm standby box that we
periodically bring the db fully up on in order to test if the standby is
good.

After the standby is up, then a db wide VACUUM produces:

2010-10-28 17:20:51 NZDT WARNING: relation "node" page 248500 is
uninitialized --- fixing
2010-10-28 17:20:51 NZDT WARNING: relation "node" page 248502 is
uninitialized --- fixing
2010-10-28 17:20:51 NZDT WARNING: relation "node" page 248504 is
uninitialized --- fixing
2010-10-28 17:20:54 NZDT ERROR: left link changed unexpectedly in block
21042 of index "content_node_node_type_id_inserted_idx"

I'm guessing the index error is due to the uninitialized table pages
(the index "content_node_node_type_id_inserted_idx" is on the "node"
table). Are the uninitialized pages cause for concern, or merely an
artifact of log shipping?

The is 8.3.11 on Debian Lenny x86-64.

Thanks

Mark

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