While going through Readme in backend\storage\buffer, I found some point
misleading.
Normal Buffer Replacement Strategy
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Each buffer header contains a usage counter, which is incremented (up to a
small limit value) whenever the buffer is unpinned. (This requires only the
buffer header spinlock, which would have to be taken anyway to decrement the
buffer reference count, so it's nearly free.)
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I have checked the code and logic according to which usage counter is
increased when the buffer is pinned.
Another Doubt : Why in function BufferAlloc, it needs to hold the
BufFreelistLock till it pin the buffer which increases its reference count.
As what I understood is BufFreelistLock is
to protect StrategyControl structure and till it finds a buffer to use.
