Re: pgstat_reset_remove_files ignores its argument

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgstat_reset_remove_files ignores its argument
Date: 2013-08-16 19:38:09
Message-ID: CA+Tgmoa+0F7fnY7v1PZZarK4hd07r48yCbg1R+KSXbzYzdAoVw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> in 9.3 and 9.4, pgstat_reset_remove_files uses the global variable
> pgstat_stat_directory rather than the argument it is passed, "directory".
> On crash recovery, this means the tmp directory gets cleared twice and the
> permanent pg_stat doesn't get cleared at all.
>
> It seems like the obvious one line change would fix it, but I haven't tested
> it because I don't know how to cause a crash without pg_stat already being
> empty.

I think there are three lines to change, as in the attached patch.

Am I wrong?

...Robert

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