On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu.coek88@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As I said in my previous e-mail, I think you need
>> to record clearing of this flag in WAL record XLOG_HASH_DELETE as you
>> are not doing this unconditionally and then during replay clear it
>> only when the WAL record indicates the same.
>
> Thank you so much for putting that point. I too think that we should
> record the flag status in the WAL record and clear it only when
> required during replay.
>
I think hashdesc.c needs an update (refer case XLOG_HASH_DELETE:).
- * flag. Clearing this flag is just a hint; replay won't redo this.
+ * flag. Clearing this flag is just a hint; replay will check the
+ * status of clear_dead_marking flag before redo it. */ if (tuples_removed && *tuples_removed > 0 &&
opaque->hasho_flag& LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES)
+ { opaque->hasho_flag &= ~LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES;
+ clear_dead_marking = true;
+ }
I feel the above comment is not required as you are logging this
action explicitly.
+ bool clear_dead_marking; /* TRUE if VACUUM clears
No need to write VACUUM explicitly, you can simply say "TRUE if this
operation clears ...".
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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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