Re: pgsql: Improve pg_check_dir code and comments.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Improve pg_check_dir code and comments.
Date: 2015-02-17 15:45:24
Message-ID: 25821.1424187924@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Improve pg_check_dir code and comments.
> Avoid losing errno if readdir() fails and closedir() works. Consistently
> return 4 rather than 3 if both a lost+found directory and other files are
> found, rather than returning one value or the other depending on the
> order of the directory listing. Update comments to match the actual
> behavior.

> These oversights date to commits 6f03927fce038096f53ca67eeab9adb24938f8a6
> and 17f15239325a88581bb4f9cf91d38005f1f52d69.

In that case, doesn't this need to be back-patched?

In addition to the problems you cite, the previous coding appears to fail
to close the directory handle if readdir() fails, which is certainly a
significant enough bug to merit back-patching.

regards, tom lane

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