From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: pgsql: pg_upgrade: Convert old visibility map format to new format. |
Date: | 2016-04-27 00:45:01 |
Message-ID: | 20160427004501.GF13058@momjian.us |
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 05:36:34PM +0000, Robert Haas wrote:
> pg_upgrade: Convert old visibility map format to new format.
>
> Commit a892234f830e832110f63fc0a2afce2fb21d1584 added a second bit per
> page to the visibility map, but pg_upgrade has been unaware of it up
> until now. Therefore, a pg_upgrade from an earlier major release of
> PostgreSQL to any commit preceding this one and following the one
> mentioned above would result in invalid visibility map contents on the
> new cluster, very possibly leading to data corruption. This plugs
> that hole.
>
> Masahiko Sawada, reviewed by Jeff Janes, Bruce Momjian, Simon Riggs,
> Michael Paquier, Andres Freund, me, and others.
I have tested the current git trees of all supported versions of
Postgres in all possible pg_upgrade combinations and they all worked
perfectly.
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