Re: Setting pd_lower in GIN metapage

On 2017/09/26 12:17, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Amit Langote wrote:
>> So, ISTM, comments that the patches add should all say that setting the
>> meta pages' pd_lower to the correct value helps to pass those pages to
>> xlog.c as compressible standard layout pages, regardless of whether they
>> are actually passed that way.  Even if the patches do take care of the
>> latter as well.
>>
>> Did I miss something?
> 
> Not that I think of.

Thanks.

>         Buffer      metabuffer;
> +       Page        metapage;
>         SpGistMetaPageData *metadata;
> 
>         metabuffer = ReadBuffer(index, SPGIST_METAPAGE_BLKNO);
> +       metapage = BufferGetPage(metabuffer);
> No need to define metapage here and to call BufferGetPage() as long as
> the lock on the buffer is not taken.

Ah, okay.

Moved those additions inside the if (ConditionalLockBuffer(metabuffer)) block.

> Except that small thing, the patches do their duty.

Thanks, revised patches attached.

Regards,
Amit