Re: pgsql: Ensure that XLOG_HEAP2_VISIBLE always targets an initialized pag

From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Ensure that XLOG_HEAP2_VISIBLE always targets an initialized pag
Date: 2013-11-22 19:04:07
Message-ID: 528FAAA7.6050003@kaltenbrunner.cc
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On 11/18/2013 10:40 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2013-11-18 16:33:25 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:51:06PM +0100, Andres Freund wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 2013-06-06 14:22:12 +0000, Robert Haas wrote:
>>>> Ensure that XLOG_HEAP2_VISIBLE always targets an initialized page.
>>>
>>> This didn't make it to the release notes for 9.2.5. Since there have
>>> been several people asking for it since, can we maybe add it
>>> retroactively?
>>
>> OK, what text would I use? This?
>>
>> * Prevent unitialized heap pages from causing standby replay
>> failures
>
> Maybe:
>
> * Prevent errors in WAL replay due to references to unitilizated empty
> pages in vacuum.

s/unitilizated/uninitialized I guess - also not sure the "in vacuum"
makes the actual issue very clear.

Stefan

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