Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful

From: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful
Date: 2021-05-05 05:33:41
Message-ID: CAFiTN-t5SDFkZQZH2ybghF9bHgT9yqfGRfkxeERp2e0WObOcNQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:12 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> > Is this true? that only when we have to wait for the next file to be
> > ready we got for scanning? If I read the code in
> > "pgarch_ArchiverCopyLoop", for every single file to achieve it is
> > calling "pgarch_readyXlog", wherein it scans the directory every time.
> > So I did not understand your point that only when it needs to wait for
> > the next .ready file it need to scan the full directory. It appeared
> > it always scans the full directory after archiving each WAL segment.
> > What am I missing?
>
> It's not true now, but my proposal would make it true.

Okay, got it. Thanks.

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Regards,
Dilip Kumar
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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