On 2021-Sep-03, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-09-03 12:55:23 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Oh, but of course we can't modify XLogReaderState in backbranches to add > > the new struct member abortedContrecordPtr (or whatever we end up naming > > that.) > > Why is that? Afaict it's always allocated via XLogReaderAllocate(), so adding > a new field at the end should be fine?
Hmm, true, that works. > That said, I'm worried that this stuff is too complicated to get right in the > backbranches. I suspect letting it stew in master for a while before > backpatching would be a good move. Sure, we can put it in master now and backpatch before the November minors if everything goes well. -- Álvaro Herrera 39°49'30"S 73°17'W — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
