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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c index 857db388a8f..7055b0fe98e 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.206 2008/04/16 23:59:40 tgl Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.207 2008/04/18 06:48:38 heikki Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -715,18 +715,20 @@ dropdb(const char *dbname, bool missing_ok) pgstat_drop_database(db_id); /* - * Tell bgwriter to forget any pending fsync requests for files in the - * database; else it'll fail at next checkpoint. + * Tell bgwriter to forget any pending fsync and unlink requests for files + * in the database; else the fsyncs will fail at next checkpoint, or worse, + * it will delete files that belong to a newly created database with the + * same OID. */ ForgetDatabaseFsyncRequests(db_id); /* - * On Windows, force a checkpoint so that the bgwriter doesn't hold any - * open files, which would cause rmdir() to fail. + * Force a checkpoint to make sure the bgwriter has received the message + * sent by ForgetDatabaseFsyncRequests. On Windows, this also ensures that + * the bgwriter doesn't hold any open files, which would cause rmdir() to + * fail. */ -#ifdef WIN32 RequestCheckpoint(CHECKPOINT_IMMEDIATE | CHECKPOINT_FORCE | CHECKPOINT_WAIT); -#endif /* * Remove all tablespace subdirs belonging to the database. |