Re: preserving forensic information when we freeze - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2013-12-18 21:42:25 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> >>       if (frz->frzflags & XLH_FREEZE_XVAC)
> >> +     {
> >>               HeapTupleHeaderSetXvac(tuple, FrozenTransactionId);
> >> +             /* If we somehow haven't hinted the tuple previously, do it now. */
> >> +             HeapTupleHeaderSetXminCommitted(tuple);
> >> +     }
> >
> > What's the reasoning behind adding HeapTupleHeaderSetXminCommitted()
> > here?
> 
> I'm just copying the existing logic.  See the final stanza of
> heap_prepare_freeze_tuple.

Yes, but why don't you keep that in heap_prepare_freeze_tuple()? Just
because of HeapTupleHeaderSetXminCommitted()? I dislike transporting the
infomask in the wal record and then changing it away from that again afterwards.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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