On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 03:53:12PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:42:03AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote:
> >> > It would solve the problem, but it would mean resetting unlogged 
> >> > relations on
> >> > the standby at every shutdown checkpoint. ?That's probably not a 
> >> > performance
> >> > problem, but it is a hack.
> >>
> >> I haven't thought about this too deeply, but I'm not sure I agree
> >> that's a hack. ?Why do you think it is?
> >
> > It would make the standby reset unlogged relations on both regular 
> > shutdowns and
> > crashes, while the master only does so on crashes. ?This creates no 
> > functional
> > hazard since unlogged relation contents are never accessible during hot 
> > standby.
> > It seems like a hack to rely on that fact at any distance, but perhaps a 
> > comment
> > is enough to assuage that.
> 
> I think I'd be more comfortable with that route if it seems like it'll
> work.  Whacking around the recovery code always makes me a little
> nervous about bugs, since it's easy to fail to notice the problem
> until something Bad happens.

No remaining objection from me, then.  Thanks for reviewing.

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