Re: BUG #16931: source code problem about commit_ts

On 2021/03/25 1:39, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2021-Mar-24, Fujii Masao wrote:
> 
>> On 2021/03/24 18:05, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> Yeah, it seems like a bug.  With your patch, the write_xlog=true path
>>> becomes unused, and thus the whole COMMIT_TS_SETTS record, so we could
>>> remove those things in branch master.  The timestamp is acquired from
>>> the COMMIT record.
>>
>> I agree to remove COMMIT_TS_SETTS record from the master branch
>> if there are no users or extensions of it. Patch attached.
> 
> Looks good in a quick skim.  Let's get this pushed quickly; if anything
> exists out there that is calling that code, it'd be good to know sooner
> rather than later.  However, my feeling is that no such caller exists,
> because they would have told us about this problem already.

Agreed. I will commit the patch in the master.

> Are you bumping WAL page magic?  It'd be logical to do so, but on the
> other hand if no code exists that is capable of emitting that record,
> then it'd be pointless.

Yes, I'm thinking to bump WAL page magic because it seems a bit safer.

>> Anyway, at first, what about applying the bugfix patch I posted upthread
>> to all supported branches?
> 
> Yeah, let's do that.

Pushed. Thanks!

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
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