Re: including backend ID in relpath of temp rels - updated patch
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-08-13T02:11:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> One other thought about all this: in the past, one objection that's been >> raised to deleting files during crash restart is the possible loss of >> forensic evidence. > ... With this patch, we can be sure of removing ALL > stray files, which is maybe ever-so-slightly leaky in CVS HEAD. But > on the other hand, because it hooks into the existing temporary file > cleanup code, it only happens at cluster startup, NOT after a backend > crash. Doh. Thanks. regards, tom lane