Re: walsender.c comment with no context is hard to understand

Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>

From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-06-27T23:44:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 3:44 PM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 02:30:26PM +0530, vignesh C wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 at 11:21, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Perhaps the comment should say something like it used to:
> >> /* Fail if there is not enough WAL available. This can happen during
> >> shutdown. */
> >
> > Agree with this, +1 for this change.
>
> That would be an improvement.  Would you like to send a patch with all
> the areas you think could stand for improvements?
> --

OK, I attached a patch equivalent of the suggestion in this thread.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia

Commits

  1. To improve the code, move the error check in logical_read_xlog_page().

  2. Allow logical decoding on standbys

  3. Fix walsender to exit promptly if client requests shutdown.