Re: pg_verify_checksums and -fno-strict-aliasing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: pg_verify_checksums and -fno-strict-aliasing
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Msg-id 20180901003303.GE5305@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: pg_verify_checksums and -fno-strict-aliasing  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pg_verify_checksums and -fno-strict-aliasing
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 07:59:58PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> The others you mention could be changed, probably, but I didn't
> bother as they didn't seem performance-critical.

It is not really critical indeed.  There is an argument to change them
so as other folks get used to it though.

> (I also wondered whether to use "WAL" instead of "XLog" in that
> struct name, but it seems like we've mostly stuck with "xlog"
> in internal C names.)

XLOG_BLCKSZ is used, which makes me think that XLog is better than WAL
here.  A matter of taste of course.
--
Michael

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