Re: Possibly a comment typo in xlogrecord.h

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Rahila Syed <rahilasyed90(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Possibly a comment typo in xlogrecord.h
Date: 2014-12-16 13:44:22
Message-ID: 54903736.7000406@vmware.com
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On 12/16/2014 12:44 PM, Rahila Syed wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The comment before declaration of XLogRecordBlockHeader says
>
>> * 'data_length' is the length of the payload data associated with this,
>> * and includes the possible full-page image, and rmgr-specific data. It
>
> IIUC, data_length does not include associated full page image length.
> Attached patch changes the comment as follows:
>
> - * and includes the possible full-page image, and rmgr-specific data. It
> - * does not include the XLogRecordBlockHeader struct itself.
> + * and includes the rmgr-specific data. It does not include the possible
> + * full page image and XLogRecordBlockHeader struct itself.

Thanks, fixed! I also reworded the comment slightly, hopefully it's more
readable now.

- Heikki

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