> "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM> writes:
> >> Actually, I'd expect the CRC check to catch an all-zeroes page (if
> >> it fails to complain, then you misimplemented the CRC), so that would
> >> be the place to deal with it now.
>
> > I've used standard CRC32 implementation you pointed me to -:)
> > But CRC is used in WAL records only.
>
> Oh. I thought we'd agreed that a CRC on each stored disk block would
> be a good idea as well. I take it you didn't do that.
No, I thought we agreed disk block CRC was way overkill. If the CRC on
the WAL log checks for errors that are not checked anywhere else, then
fine, but I thought disk CRC would just duplicate the I/O subsystem/disk
checks.
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