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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
index b61a0eb4014..c389b27f77d 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
@@ -840,11 +840,6 @@ wal_segment_close(XLogReaderState *state)
*
* Public because it would likely be very helpful for someone writing another
* output method outside walsender, e.g. in a bgworker.
- *
- * TODO: The walsender has its own version of this, but it relies on the
- * walsender's latch being set whenever WAL is flushed. No such infrastructure
- * exists for normal backends, so we have to do a check/sleep/repeat style of
- * loop for now.
*/
int
read_local_xlog_page(XLogReaderState *state, XLogRecPtr targetPagePtr,
@@ -884,7 +879,14 @@ read_local_xlog_page_guts(XLogReaderState *state, XLogRecPtr targetPagePtr,
loc = targetPagePtr + reqLen;
- /* Loop waiting for xlog to be available if necessary */
+ /*
+ * Loop waiting for xlog to be available if necessary
+ *
+ * TODO: The walsender has its own version of this function, which uses a
+ * condition variable to wake up whenever WAL is flushed. We could use the
+ * same infrastructure here, instead of the check/sleep/repeat style of
+ * loop.
+ */
while (1)
{
/*