902a2c2800
According to the comments, we initialize sendTimeLineIsHistoric and sendTimeLine here for the benefit of WalSndSegmentOpen. However, the only way that can happen is if logical_read_xlog_page calls WALRead. And since logical_read_xlog_page initializes the same global variables internally, we don't need to also do it here. These initializations have been here since replication slots were introduced in commit 858ec11858a914d4c380971985709b6d6b7dd6fc. They were certainly useless at that time, too, because logical decoding didn't yet exist then, and physical replication doesn't examine any WAL at the time of slot creation. I haven't checked all the intermediate versions, but I suspect there's no point at which this code ever did anything useful. To reduce future confusion, remove the code. Since there's no functional defect, no back-patch. Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA+TgmobSWzacEs+r6C-7DrOPDHoDar4i9gzxB3SCBr5qjnLmVQ@mail.gmail.com
PostgreSQL Database Management System ===================================== This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings. PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here: https://www.postgresql.org/download/ See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL system. Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this distribution; it can be read as described in the installation instructions. The latest version of this software may be obtained at https://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.