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-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 49d4b366526..c23cf635395 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -8442,6 +8442,9 @@ XLogReportParameters(void)
/*
* Update full_page_writes in shared memory, and write an
* XLOG_FPW_CHANGE record if necessary.
+ *
+ * Note: this function assumes there is no other process running
+ * concurrently that could update it.
*/
void
UpdateFullPageWrites(void)
@@ -8452,8 +8455,8 @@ UpdateFullPageWrites(void)
* Do nothing if full_page_writes has not been changed.
*
* It's safe to check the shared full_page_writes without the lock,
- * because we can guarantee that there is no concurrently running
- * process which can update it.
+ * because we assume that there is no concurrently running process
+ * which can update it.
*/
if (fullPageWrites == Insert->fullPageWrites)
return;
@@ -8490,7 +8493,6 @@ UpdateFullPageWrites(void)
XLogInsert(RM_XLOG_ID, XLOG_FPW_CHANGE, &rdata);
}
-
if (!fullPageWrites)
{
LWLockAcquire(WALInsertLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);