Chongfeng Hu wrote:
However, in file src/backend/access/transam/xact.c, on line 1778, I saw the
following code:
/* Break the chain of back-links in the XLOG records I output */
MyLastRecPtr.xrecoff = 0;
MyXactMadeXLogEntry = false;
MyXactMadeTempRelUpdate = false;
It only updated xrecoff, but not xlogid. This might cause serious problems,
because xlogid is still pointing to an old file, while xrecoff is pointing
to a new offset. It might read incorrect records.
No, that's actually ok. MyLastRecPtr is used to check if the current
transaction has made any transaction-controlled WAL records. If
MyLastRecPtr.xrecoff == 0, it hasn't, otherwise it has. All readers of
the variable just check for MyLastRecPtr.xrecoff == 0, so the above is OK.
I agree that it is a bit misleading, though. A boolean
"MyXactMadeTransactionControlledXlogEntry", like the
"MyXactMadeXLogEntry" and "MyXactMadeTempRelupdate" variables would be
cleaner.
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Heikki Linnakangas
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