Re: Offline data checksum changes can cause incorrect checksum state on standbys

Hi,

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 11:04:28AM -0500, Zsolt Parragi wrote:
> > > I'll try to look into what adding the two
> > > patches together looks like, but it most likely combines their size,
> > > as they improve the current master code in different ways.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> I looked into this,

Thanks!

> and I was right that if I add the pg_control
> changes to v4 it nearly doubles the size of the actual code changes
> from ~300 to ~550 lines, and fixes all the issues you reported

Yeah, that's what I expected, as v1 included those changes to handle these cases.

> while
> also keeping the existing suite of tests passing. The diff compared to
> v4 is relatively simple, so I don't think that would be an issue by
> itself,

Thanks! I don't see the patch attached. Would you mind sharing it?

> but it's another control version change.

Do you see the control version change as a concern?

Regards,

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