On 26.10.2010 10:48, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 25.10.2010 19:04, Jeff Davis wrote:
>> On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 14:44 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>> It seems we should use ReadRecord instead of the lower-level
>>> XLogPageRead function. One difference is that ReadRecord performs a
>>> bunch of sanity checks on the record, while XLogPageRead just reads the
>>> raw page. Extra sanity checking before removing backup_label seems like
>>> a good idea. Another difference is that in standby-mode, ReadRecord will
>>> retry until it succeeds. A standby server should keep retrying, even the
>>> very first record, until it succeeds, otherwise we have a change in
>>> behavior.
>>
>> The reason I didn't use ReadRecord is because it sets a global variable
>> to point to the next location in the log, so that subsequent calls can
>> just pass NULL for the location.
>
> True. XLogPageRead is new in 9.0, however. We'll have to use ReadRecord
> or invent something new for back-branches anyway.
Ok, committed the patch I posted earlier today using ReadRecord.
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Heikki Linnakangas
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