Re: walsender.c comment with no context is hard to understand

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, vignesh C <vignesh21(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: walsender.c comment with no context is hard to understand
Date: 2024-06-28 06:18:26
Message-ID: CAA4eK1K2XwZaqoBvLu2VqyT6mnQp6xSrb3LFCms_qfWa=vyAgQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 5:15 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 3:44 PM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 02:30:26PM +0530, vignesh C wrote:
> > > On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 at 11:21, Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >> Perhaps the comment should say something like it used to:
> > >> /* Fail if there is not enough WAL available. This can happen during
> > >> shutdown. */
> > >
> > > Agree with this, +1 for this change.
> >
> > That would be an improvement. Would you like to send a patch with all
> > the areas you think could stand for improvements?
> > --
>
> OK, I attached a patch equivalent of the suggestion in this thread.
>

Shouldn't the check for flushptr (if (flushptr < targetPagePtr +
reqLen)) be moved immediately after the call to WalSndWaitForWal().
The comment seems to suggests the same: "Make sure we have enough WAL
available before retrieving the current timeline. .."

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

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