Re: DropRelFileNodeBuffers API change (was Re: [BUGS] BUG #5599: Vacuum fails due to index corruption issues)

From: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: DropRelFileNodeBuffers API change (was Re: [BUGS] BUG #5599: Vacuum fails due to index corruption issues)
Date: 2010-08-15 21:17:54
Message-ID: AANLkTinQbJWb9=seuPpBf_oBAQDq_OiZhYUC6Rn8KdAd@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> On 15/08/10 21:58, Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have an opinion whether it's likely that any third-party
>> code is calling DropRelFileNodeBuffers directly?
>
> I doubt it. External modules shouldn't be modifying relations at such a low
> level.

Really? What about an index access method?

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greg

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