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-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
index 2e959da5f85..4082103fe2d 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
@@ -782,9 +782,14 @@ _bt_getbuf(Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno, int access)
/*
* If we are generating WAL for Hot Standby then create a
* WAL record that will allow us to conflict with queries
- * running on standby.
+ * running on standby, in case they have snapshots older
+ * than btpo.xact. This can only apply if the page does
+ * have a valid btpo.xact value, ie not if it's new. (We
+ * must check that because an all-zero page has no special
+ * space.)
*/
- if (XLogStandbyInfoActive() && RelationNeedsWAL(rel))
+ if (XLogStandbyInfoActive() && RelationNeedsWAL(rel) &&
+ !PageIsNew(page))
{
BTPageOpaque opaque = (BTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
@@ -897,7 +902,10 @@ _bt_pageinit(Page page, Size size)
* _bt_page_recyclable() -- Is an existing page recyclable?
*
* This exists to make sure _bt_getbuf and btvacuumscan have the same
- * policy about whether a page is safe to re-use.
+ * policy about whether a page is safe to re-use. But note that _bt_getbuf
+ * knows enough to distinguish the PageIsNew condition from the other one.
+ * At some point it might be appropriate to redesign this to have a three-way
+ * result value.
*/
bool
_bt_page_recyclable(Page page)