On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 00:10 +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> >> Yes, OK. So I think it would only work when full_page_writes = on, and
> >> has been on since last checkpoint. So two changes:
> >>
> >> * We just need a boolean that starts at true every checkpoint and gets
> >> set to false anytime someone resets full_page_writes or archive_command.
> >> If the flag is set && full_page_writes = on then we skip the checkpoint
> >> entirely and use the value from the last checkpoint.
> >
> > Sounds good.
>
> I attached the self-contained patch to skip checkpoint at pg_start_backup.
Good.
Can we change to IMMEDIATE when it we need the checkpoint?
What is bkpCount for? I think we should discuss whatever that is for
separately. It isn't used in any if test, AFAICS.
-- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.comPostgreSQL Training, Services and Support