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-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c24
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 4e14c242b15..50c347a6795 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -1710,12 +1710,13 @@ GetXLogBuffer(XLogRecPtr ptr, TimeLineID tli)
* of bytes read successfully.
*
* Fewer than 'count' bytes may be read if some of the requested WAL data has
- * already been evicted from the WAL buffers, or if the caller requests data
- * that is not yet available.
+ * already been evicted.
*
* No locks are taken.
*
- * The 'tli' argument is only used as a convenient safety check so that
+ * Caller should ensure that it reads no further than LogwrtResult.Write
+ * (which should have been updated by the caller when determining how far to
+ * read). The 'tli' argument is only used as a convenient safety check so that
* callers do not read from WAL buffers on a historical timeline.
*/
Size
@@ -1724,26 +1725,13 @@ WALReadFromBuffers(char *dstbuf, XLogRecPtr startptr, Size count,
{
char *pdst = dstbuf;
XLogRecPtr recptr = startptr;
- XLogRecPtr upto;
- Size nbytes;
+ Size nbytes = count;
if (RecoveryInProgress() || tli != GetWALInsertionTimeLine())
return 0;
Assert(!XLogRecPtrIsInvalid(startptr));
-
- /*
- * Don't read past the available WAL data.
- *
- * Check using local copy of LogwrtResult. Ordinarily it's been updated by
- * the caller when determining how far to read; but if not, it just means
- * we'll read less data.
- *
- * XXX: the available WAL could be extended to the WAL insert pointer by
- * calling WaitXLogInsertionsToFinish().
- */
- upto = Min(startptr + count, LogwrtResult.Write);
- nbytes = upto - startptr;
+ Assert(startptr + count <= LogwrtResult.Write);
/*
* Loop through the buffers without a lock. For each buffer, atomically