Amit Langote <langote_amit...@lab.ntt.co.jp> writes: > On 2017/08/22 9:39, Michael Paquier wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Amit Langote >> <langote_amit...@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote: >>> I updated brin_mask() and spg_mask() in the attached updated patches so >>> that they consider meta pages as containing unused space.
I looked briefly at these patches. I'm not sure that it's safe for the mask functions to assume that meta pages always have valid pd_lower. What happens when replaying log data concerning an old index that doesn't have that field filled? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers