Re: File leak?

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
>>Now that I think about it, I believe Bruce recently removed this on my
>>advice; I was thinking that the problem shouldn't occur anymore now that
> 
> 
> True.
> 
> 
>>we WAL-log file creation and deletion.  But actually the present form of
>>the WAL entries doesn't ensure that a file created by a transaction that
>>crashes before committing will go away, because file deletion actions
>>are only logged (and replayed) at transaction commit/abort.  So it
>>probably should go back in.  Or else we could add more WAL logging
> 
> 
> Wording updated to:
> 
> * Remove unreferenced table files created by a transactions that were
>   in-progress when the server crashed

I don't think is a good idea put the words: "when the server crashed" in a TODO
list, may be is better write: "when the server is killed abruptly".

My 2 cents.


Regards
Gaetano Mendola