Re: Purpose of wal_init_zero

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andy Fan <zhihuifan1213(at)163(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Purpose of wal_init_zero
Date: 2025-01-15 13:15:54
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TNU2b=bE40-ARfUZ4WdKwd1y1_sRNENRed87iC9Vxih8g@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

> Good catch. This comment is not 100% clear to me either.
> [...]

TWIMC zero-filling was added in 33cc5d8a4d0d (year 2001). The commit
doesn't reference the discussion behind this change and the comment
text hasn't changed since then.

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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