Re: [PATCHES] wal_checksum = on (default) | off - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] wal_checksum = on (default) | off
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Msg-id 17850.1168528033@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] wal_checksum = on (default) | off  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] wal_checksum = on (default) | off  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> What did you think about protecting against torn writes using id numbers every
> 512 bytes.

Pretty much not happening; or are you volunteering to fix every part of
the system to tolerate injections of inserted data anywhere in a stored
datum?

            regards, tom lane

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