Re: Unit tests for SLRU

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Pavel Borisov <pashkin(dot)elfe(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Maxim Orlov <orlovmg(at)gmail(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Unit tests for SLRU
Date: 2022-11-16 00:22:11
Message-ID: Y3QtM2/KfodfcnEj@paquier.xyz
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 11:39:20AM +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> + /* write given data to the page */
> + strncpy(TestSlruCtl->shared->page_buffer[slotno], data, BLCKSZ - 1);
>
> Would it make sense to instead use pg_pwrite to closer match the code being
> tested?

Hmm. I am not exactly sure what we'd gain with that, as it would
imply that we need to write directly to the file using SlruFileName()
after doing ourselves a OpenTransientFile(), duplicating what
SlruPhysicalWritePage() does to create a fd to feed to a pg_pwrite()?
Or I misunderstood your point.
--
Michael

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