Hi,
On 2022-06-24 00:39:41 +0000, Bagga, Rishu wrote:
> >When do we need to do so? We should never need to figure out whether an
> >on-disk block is for an SLRU or something else, without also knowing >which
> >relation / SLRU it is in.
>
> You are correct that we wouldn’t need to rely on the pd_flag bit to
> determine page type for any access to a page where we come top down
> following the hierarchy. However, for the purpose of debugging “from the
> bottom up” it would be critical to know what type of page is being read in a
> system with multiple page header types.
That doesn't seem to justify using a bit on the page. Wouldn't it suffice to
add such information to the BufferDesc?
Greetings,
Andres Freund
