Re: Fix of fake unlogged LSN initialization

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: "tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com" <tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com>
Cc: 'Simon Riggs' <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-10-25T06:58:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:07:04AM +0000, tsunakawa.takay@fujitsu.com wrote:
> From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
>> 	From xlogdefs.h added by 9155580:
>> 	/*
>> 	 * First LSN to use for "fake" LSNs.
>> 	 *
>> 	 * Values smaller than this can be used for special per-AM purposes.
>> 	 */
>> 	#define FirstNormalUnloggedLSN  ((XLogRecPtr) 1000)
> 
> Yeah, I had seen it, but I didn't understand what kind of usage is assumed.

There is an explanation in the commit message of 9155580: that's to
make an interlocking logic in GiST able to work where a valid LSN
needs to be used.  So a magic value was just wanted.

Your patch looks fine to me by the way after a second look, so I think
that we had better commit it and back-patch sooner than later.  If
there are any objections or more comments, please feel free..
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Fix initialization of fake LSN for unlogged relations