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From: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
To: Gurjeet Singh <[email protected]>
Cc: Ranier Vilela <[email protected]>
Cc: Richard Guo <[email protected]>
Cc: Pg Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Avoid unncessary always true test (src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:11:26 +0900
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 10:51:24PM -0700, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> To me, it looks like these checks are a result of code being
> copy-pasted from somewhere else, where this check might have been
> necessary. The checks are sure not necessary at these spots.

I am not completely sure based on my read of the code, but isn't this
check needed to avoid some kind of race condition with a concurrent
backend may have worked on the relation when attempting to get the
lock?
--
Michael


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