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-rw-r--r--src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c7
-rw-r--r--src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
index dcb4cf249c5..48efe15e825 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
@@ -325,10 +325,13 @@ BackgroundWriterMain(void)
/*
* Only log if enough time has passed and interesting records have
- * been inserted since the last snapshot.
+ * been inserted since the last snapshot. Have to compare with <=
+ * instead of < because GetLastImportantRecPtr() points at the
+ * start of a record, whereas last_snapshot_lsn points just past
+ * the end of the record.
*/
if (now >= timeout &&
- last_snapshot_lsn < GetLastImportantRecPtr())
+ last_snapshot_lsn <= GetLastImportantRecPtr())
{
last_snapshot_lsn = LogStandbySnapshot();
last_snapshot_ts = now;
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c b/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
index fe9041f748c..d12db0d5a7b 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
@@ -611,7 +611,8 @@ CheckArchiveTimeout(void)
{
/*
* Switch segment only when "important" WAL has been logged since the
- * last segment switch.
+ * last segment switch (last_switch_lsn points to end of segment
+ * switch occurred in).
*/
if (GetLastImportantRecPtr() > last_switch_lsn)
{