From 8d981341a552e31244f2e9992e143b56bf0292fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 10:48:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] C comment: clarify that WAL files can be _recycled_ or removed Reported-by: Michael Paquier Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAB7nPqSDdF0heotQU3gsepgqx+9c+6KjLd3R6aNYH7KKfDd2ig@mail.gmail.com Author: Michael Paquier Backpatch-through: master --- src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c index 1159dff1a6..ef9b8e4fb9 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c +++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c @@ -3692,7 +3692,8 @@ RemoveOldXlogFiles(XLogSegNo segno, XLogRecPtr lastredoptr, XLogRecPtr endptr, } /* - * Remove WAL files that are not part of the given timeline's history. + * Recycle or remove WAL files that are not part of the given timeline's + * history. * * This is called during recovery, whenever we switch to follow a new * timeline, and at the end of recovery when we create a new timeline. We