Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> So at this point I've got serious doubts as to the quality of testing of
>> that whole patch, not just this part.

> I tested the case where we skip a block during the first pass, but I
> admit that I punted on testing the case where we skip a block during
> the second pass, because I couldn't think of a good way to exercise
> it.  Any suggestions?

Hack ConditionalLockBufferForCleanup to have a 50% probability of
failure regardless of anything else, for instance via

        static int ctr = 0;

        if ((++ctr) % 2)
                return false;

                        regards, tom lane

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