Re: [HACKERS] Recovery on incomplete write

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1999-09-28T14:39:22Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp> writes:
> I have wondered that md.c handles incomplete block(page)s
> correctly.
> Am I mistaken ?

I think you are right, and there may be some other trouble spots in that
file too.  I remember thinking that the code depended heavily on never
having a partial block at the end of the file.

But is it worth fixing?  The only way I can see for the file length
to become funny is if we run out of disk space part way through writing
a page, which seems unlikely...

			regards, tom lane