Re: [HACKERS] Recovery on incomplete write

> "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> > I have wondered that md.c handles incomplete block(page)s
> > correctly.
> > Am I mistaken ?
>
> I think you are right, and there may be some other trouble spots in that
> file too. I remember thinking that the code depended heavily on never
> having a partial block at the end of the file.
>
> But is it worth fixing? The only way I can see for the file length
> to become funny is if we run out of disk space part way through writing
> a page, which seems unlikely...
>

That is how he got started, the TODO item about running out of disk
space causing corrupted databases. I think it needs a fix, if we can.

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