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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: B-tree parent pointer and checkpoints
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Msg-id 26099.1288708214@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to B-tree parent pointer and checkpoints  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> I think we can fix this by requiring that any multi-WAL-record actions 
> that are in-progress when a checkpoint starts (at the REDO-pointer) must 
> finish before the checkpoint record is written.

What happens if someone wants to start a new split while the checkpoint
is hanging fire?
        regards, tom lane

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