Обсуждение: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix off-by-one possibly leading to skipped XLOG_RUNNING_XACTSre

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[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix off-by-one possibly leading to skipped XLOG_RUNNING_XACTSre

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Andres Freund
Дата:
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(-)