Re: [PATCH] Verify Checksums during Basebackups

David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>

From: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>
To: Michael Banck <michael.banck@credativ.de>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2018-02-28T18:48:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 2/28/18 1:08 PM, Michael Banck wrote:
> 
> The attached small patch verifies checksums (in case they are enabled)
> during a basebackup. The rationale is that we are reading every block in
> this case anyway, so this is a good opportunity to check them as well.
> Other and complementary ways of checking the checksums are possible of
> course, like the offline checking tool that Magnus just submitted.

+1.  I've done some work in this area so I have signed up to review.

-- 
-David
david@pgmasters.net


Commits

  1. Validate page level checksums in base backups