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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 9554704456c..f605c1abaee 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
* heap_multi_insert - insert multiple tuples into a relation
* heap_delete - delete a tuple from a relation
* heap_update - replace a tuple in a relation with another tuple
- * heap_sync - sync heap, for when no WAL has been written
*
* NOTES
* This file contains the heap_ routines which implement
@@ -2103,12 +2102,6 @@ FreeBulkInsertState(BulkInsertState bistate)
* The new tuple is stamped with current transaction ID and the specified
* command ID.
*
- * If the HEAP_INSERT_SKIP_WAL option is specified, the new tuple is not
- * logged in WAL, even for a non-temp relation. Safe usage of this behavior
- * requires that we arrange that all new tuples go into new pages not
- * containing any tuples from other transactions, and that the relation gets
- * fsync'd before commit. (See also heap_sync() comments)
- *
* The HEAP_INSERT_SKIP_FSM option is passed directly to
* RelationGetBufferForTuple, which see for more info.
*
@@ -2217,7 +2210,7 @@ heap_insert(Relation relation, HeapTuple tup, CommandId cid,
MarkBufferDirty(buffer);
/* XLOG stuff */
- if (!(options & HEAP_INSERT_SKIP_WAL) && RelationNeedsWAL(relation))
+ if (RelationNeedsWAL(relation))
{
xl_heap_insert xlrec;
xl_heap_header xlhdr;
@@ -2425,7 +2418,7 @@ heap_multi_insert(Relation relation, HeapTuple *tuples, int ntuples,
/* currently not needed (thus unsupported) for heap_multi_insert() */
AssertArg(!(options & HEAP_INSERT_NO_LOGICAL));
- needwal = !(options & HEAP_INSERT_SKIP_WAL) && RelationNeedsWAL(relation);
+ needwal = RelationNeedsWAL(relation);
saveFreeSpace = RelationGetTargetPageFreeSpace(relation,
HEAP_DEFAULT_FILLFACTOR);
@@ -8753,18 +8746,13 @@ heap2_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
}
/*
- * heap_sync - sync a heap, for use when no WAL has been written
- *
- * This forces the heap contents (including TOAST heap if any) down to disk.
- * If we skipped using WAL, and WAL is otherwise needed, we must force the
- * relation down to disk before it's safe to commit the transaction. This
- * requires writing out any dirty buffers and then doing a forced fsync.
- *
- * Indexes are not touched. (Currently, index operations associated with
- * the commands that use this are WAL-logged and so do not need fsync.
- * That behavior might change someday, but in any case it's likely that
- * any fsync decisions required would be per-index and hence not appropriate
- * to be done here.)
+ * heap_sync - for binary compatibility
+ *
+ * A newer PostgreSQL version removes this function. It exists here just in
+ * case an extension calls it. See "Skipping WAL for New RelFileNode" in
+ * src/backend/access/transam/README for the system that superseded it,
+ * allowing removal of most calls. Cases like copy_relation_data() should
+ * call smgrimmedsync() directly.
*/
void
heap_sync(Relation rel)