Re: potential stuck lock in SaveSlotToPath() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi,

On 2020-03-18 16:46:23 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> When SaveSlotToPath() is called with elevel=LOG, the early exits don't
> release the slot's io_in_progress_lock.  Fix attached.

I'm a bit confused as to why we we ever call it with elevel = LOG
(i.e. why we have the elevel parameter at all). That seems to have been
there from the start, so it's either me or Robert that's to blame. But I
can't immediately see a reason for it?

Greetings,

Andres Freund