Zdenek Kotala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> This seems like a pretty horrid idea. Bad pages shouldn't be allowed to
>> get into shared buffers in the first place. Why not have the checking
>> logic operate outside shared buffers?
> It currently works outside the shared buffers, but I afraid about
> collision due to parallel read and write access on one block. I'm not
> sure if parallel write(8k) and read(8k) is synchronized by kernel/fs or
> not. If not it should generates false positive results. If yes than I'm
> happy :-) with outside processing.
We're already assuming that; otherwise base backups for PITR don't work.
regards, tom lane
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