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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/async.c b/src/backend/commands/async.c
index 7c133ec8d33..42b232d98b1 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/async.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/async.c
@@ -490,7 +490,12 @@ asyncQueuePageDiff(int p, int q)
return diff;
}
-/* Is p < q, accounting for wraparound? */
+/*
+ * Is p < q, accounting for wraparound?
+ *
+ * Since asyncQueueIsFull() blocks creation of a page that could precede any
+ * extant page, we need not assess entries within a page.
+ */
static bool
asyncQueuePagePrecedes(int p, int q)
{
@@ -1352,8 +1357,8 @@ asyncQueueIsFull(void)
* logically precedes the current global tail pointer, ie, the head
* pointer would wrap around compared to the tail. We cannot create such
* a head page for fear of confusing slru.c. For safety we round the tail
- * pointer back to a segment boundary (compare the truncation logic in
- * asyncQueueAdvanceTail).
+ * pointer back to a segment boundary (truncation logic in
+ * asyncQueueAdvanceTail does not do this, so doing it here is optional).
*
* Note that this test is *not* dependent on how much space there is on
* the current head page. This is necessary because asyncQueueAddEntries