Re: Remove an unused function GetWalRcvWriteRecPtr

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 10:51:15AM +0530, Bharath Rupireddy wrote:
> The function GetWalRcvWriteRecPtr isn't being used anywhere, however
> pg_atomic_read_u64(&walrcv->writtenUpto); (reading writtenUpto without
> spinlock) is being used directly in pg_stat_get_wal_receiver
> walreceiver.c. We either make use of the function instead of
> pg_atomic_read_u64(&walrcv->writtenUpto); or remove it. Since there's
> only one function using walrcv->writtenUpto right now, I prefer to
> remove the function to save some LOC (13).
> 
> Attaching patch. Thoughts?

This could be used by some external module, no?
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Michael