Fix off-by-one possibly leading to skipped XLOG_RUNNING_XACTS records.
Since 6ef2eba3f57f1 ("Skip checkpoints, archiving on idle systems."),
GetLastImportantRecPtr() is used to avoid performing superfluous
checkpoints, xlog switches, running-xact records when the system is
idle. Unfortunately the check concerning running-xact records had a
off-by-one error, leading to such records being potentially skipped
when only a single record has been inserted since the last
running-xact record.
An alternative approach would have been to change
GetLastImportantRecPtr()'s definition to point to the end of records,
but that would make the checkpoint code more complicated.
Author: Andres Freund
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20170505012447.wsrympaxnfis6ojt@alap3.anarazel.de
Backpatch: no, code only present in master
Branch
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master
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/e6c44eef55cda493c759e926cecceb92186159b8
Modified Files
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src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c | 7 +++++--
src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)