Re: Block-level CRC checks

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Greg Stark <greg(dot)stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Block-level CRC checks
Date: 2008-11-17 16:51:46
Message-ID: 4921A122.4070301@enterprisedb.com
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> However you still have a problem that someone could come along and set the
> hint bit between calculating the CRC and actually calling write.

The double-buffering will solve that.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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