Re: Unused stricture field in xlogreader:DecodedBkpBlock - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Masahiko Sawada
Subject Re: Unused stricture field in xlogreader:DecodedBkpBlock
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Msg-id CAD21AoC-uh3ndFpovNW8HGzTWvBBFDt8CzFYvjsJcebVkCgcUw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Unused stricture field in xlogreader:DecodedBkpBlock  (Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Unused stricture field in xlogreader:DecodedBkpBlock
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 at 14:37, Mikhail Gribkov <youzhick@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi hackers,
> >
> > I found that DecodedBkpBlock.data_bufsz field in xlogreader.h is never ever used in the current code and not even
mentionedin any comments. It just occupies memory and removing it doesn't seem to break anything. 
> > Should we remove it maybe? Attached is the removal patch.
>
> Thanks for the patch! It looks like it should have been removed in the
> 3f1ce97346.
>

+1 to remove it. I'll push the patch, barring objections.

Regards,

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Masahiko Sawada
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