Re: Include WAL in base backup

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Include WAL in base backup
Date: 2011-01-28 21:02:10
Message-ID: 4D432ED2.2030705@enterprisedb.com
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On 27.01.2011 06:44, Fujii Masao wrote:
> + XLByteToSeg(endptr, endlogid, endlogseg);
> <snip>
> + /* Have we reached our stop position yet? */
> + if (logid> endlogid ||
> + (logid == endlogid&& logseg>= endlogseg))
> + break;
>
> What I said in upthread is wrong. We should use XLByteToPrevSeg
> for endptr and check "logseg> endlogseg". Otherwise, if endptr is
> not a boundary byte, endlogid/endlogseg indicates the last
> necessary WAL file, but it's not sent.

We should use XLByteToPrevSeg, but I believe >= is still correct.
logid/logseg is the last WAL segment we've successfully sent, and
endlogif/endlogid is the last WAL segment we need to send. When they are
the same, we're done.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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