On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote:
>>>> s/segment/file/g?
>
>>> We're already using "file" to mean something different *internally*,
>>> don't we? And since pg_controldata shows fairly internal information,
>>> I'm not sure this is the best idea.
>>>
>>> Maybe compromise and call it "segment file" - that is both easier to
>>> understand than segment, and not actually using a term that means
>>> something else...
>
>> It's also kind of wordy. I think "file" is fine.
>
> +1 for "file". I think the internal usage of "file" to mean "roughly
> 4GB worth of WAL" is going to go away soon anyway, as there won't be
> much reason to worry about the concept once LSN arithmetic is 64-bit.
Agreed. This would mean that the following lots of log messages need to
be changed after 64-bit LSN will have been committed.
errmsg("could not fdatasync log file %u, segment %u: %m",
log, seg)));
Anyway, should I add this patch into the next CF? Or is anyone planning
to commit the patch for 9.2?
Regards,
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